Translator: Dreamscribe

Evanth was the hometown of the Heroes.

All Heroes grew up in Evanth and spread out to other villages. Even after settling elsewhere, they regularly returned to Evanth. Evanth grew rapidly day by day, and its prosperity instilled pride in the Heroes.

Evanth, which always seemed like it would remain steadfast, was shaken greatly.

“What, what’s going on!”

“Ugh!”

Shops being built in the commercial district collapsed all at once, and the stalls also toppled. It felt like an earthquake had occurred. Flames could be seen rising from buildings.

The fire was about to spread to the Guild warehouse!

[Magic Barrier 53%]

Players looked up at the sky.

The information window that had floated over the Magic Barrier now appeared above Evanth. The window turned red, as if to warn that the situation had become severe.

The Magic Barrier’s percentage kept dropping.

Each time it dropped, Evanth shook more violently. Players, including LifeHunter and Leku, ran. They charged down Evanth’s main street as if on a mission. Behind them followed production-type players as well.

The entrance to the sewer was near the Village Chief’s house. It had been newly opened while giving Contribution Points to players.

‘This atmosphere is intense.’

Jinwoo smiled in satisfaction.

It was absolutely chilling.

All of this was due to the Erosion.

It truly was. Without the Erosion, there would be no Arsilan Saga.

He had currently created and inhabited a player's body. It was to control the overall tempo.

“You son of a bitch, Erosion!”

Jinwoo shouted like that.

“My, my ingredients! You damn bastard!”

“Uaaah! I collected those for over a month!"

When Jinwoo cursed, people around him responded. A wave of curses spread throughout Evanth. The emotions were so strong, it might have even reached beyond the Magic Barrier.

'Comfortable.'

The more the Erosion was cursed, the more at peace he felt.

It was even more comforting knowing this was only the beginning.

Now it felt like he could stretch out both legs and sleep peacefully.

He thought that when he had no role as an NPC, things like this weren’t so bad. After all, there were roles that only players could fulfill.

Jinwoo arrived at the Village Chief’s house along with the players.

The door to the sewer side was closed. Players knocked on the Village Chief’s house. Since Early Access, the Village Chief’s appearance had rarely been seen.

“Ugh!”

As they opened the door and entered, a foul smell wafted out. There was a pile of bones, seemingly the remains of the Village Chief. They were white bones, as if a long time had passed.

‘Nice work.’

‘Yes. I’m best at playing dead bodies. Even the Erosion was fooled before, wasn’t it?’

‘I was fooled too.’

The memory of that embarrassing time came back.

Anyway, the skeleton was Hasman disguised with Illusion Magic.

“I found the key!”

Jinwoo pretended to have discovered the key at the sewer entrance.

As soon as the sewer door was opened, players began running through it.

[Magic Barrier: 51%]

*The army of Erosion is invading. (7 days remaining)

“Damn.”

“We’re screwed.”

Each time the number dropped, Evanth shook, and buildings collapsed. What was even worse was the message that the army of Erosion was invading.

The backs of players’ necks turned cold.

“Find it quickly!”

"Spread out!"

The sewer was clean.

Jinwoo roamed around with the players, pretending to search. When multiple Magic Circles were discovered, players grew even more anxious. Jinwoo, of course, already knew where all of them were.

He subtly blocked the passage leading to the side with his body.

“Hey! Is it over here?”

“Nope, nothing here. Sigh, what a struggle this is, huh?”

When a player asked, Jinwoo shook his head.

“Erosion is really a damn bastard, right?”

“Argh! That damn bastard, Erosion! Kyaaaa!”

At Jinwoo’s words, the player screamed in rage and ran in the opposite direction. The players ran around with all their might.

Seeing them like that warmed his heart. They were so sincere for Arsilan.

[Magic Barrier: 50%]

*The army of Erosion is invading. (3 days remaining)

Rumble!

Evanth shook once more.

This time, the sound of even more collapsing structures could be heard.

The player who had come a moment ago reappeared. It was because this was the only place left unchecked.

“Hey! You said earlier you checked here, right?”

“No.”

“Huh?”

Jinwoo smoothly stepped aside from that spot.

The player checked inside and was startled.

“Found it!”

The player struck the Magic Circle with his sword and destroyed it.

The Magic Barrier’s value stopped decreasing and became fixed. When he looked back, Jinwoo had already disappeared from the scene.

Jinwoo was greeted by Tia upon returning to the Secret Base.

"I only destroyed places that would make an impact. And I set it up so we can completely redo the infrastructure too, so it’ll be easier to expand construction.”

“Hmm.”

Indeed, only the parts that would make people angry were destroyed.

Of course, he planned to compensate for it later.

Very generously.

So, for now, he decided to borrow those emotions for just a while.

“But why is it scheduled for three days later?”

“The weather will be perfect then.”

Jinwoo grinned.

Three days later was Saturday.

The weekend, when login rates were at their highest.

That day was set to become the Bloody Saturday.

“They’ll do well.”

It was the final step in sending the Heroes to fight the Erosion.

'I'll do my best too.'

With that, Jinwoo planned to pour in everything he had and go all out.

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