Pick Me Up Infinite Gacha! (Novel) Chapter 232

C232

I pondered over the information Yurnet had provided me.

El Cid, the top player in Europe on server 4 who had completed all the stages of Pick Me Up, was certainly in the Hall of Fame. However, during the gameplay process, he felt a great dissatisfaction, and it seemed that the only solution was to invade Mobius's headquarters.

'This is the first cause.'

El Cid was evidently enraged.

To the extent of devouring not only the comrades with whom he had shared life and death but also other unrelated heroes.

'There is something more here.'

After Yurnet and Wiryung left, the hall was empty.

I leaned my back deeply into the sofa and continued reflecting.

Laskandar, the only hero and current sub-master of El Dorado, had a high probability of being the same person as El Cid.

Like me, someone who fell into the game and became a hero.

The difference is that he fell into the game much earlier than me and eventually completed the El Dorado scenario.

'What is the reason for his anger?'

Having completed the game but not being able to return to Earth?

I brought my hand to my mouth. According to Iselle, not even a goddess can break a promise involving her own existence. It is likely that Tel was sincere when she promised me the return to Earth and the transfer of Mobius shares upon completing the promotion to two stars. However, despite reaching the top, El Cid was still in Mobius.

Information was missing.

I had found out that he was trying to go to server 1, but it was not clear why he wanted to go there.

Now that I knew his goal, I could no longer simply overlook Niflheim.

'He consumed a huge amount of interference power when crossing to server 2. He will need a means to replenish it.'

I recalled Yurnet's words.

'Capturing low-level heroes will barely give him interference power. He will want to devour heroes from high-ranking players. In that sense, our Niflheim… would be the perfect prey.'

The perfect prey.

Yurnet described our situation that way.

'Is conflict inevitable?'

By now, an arrest order had been issued against him by the headquarters.

They had turned a hero into a Raid boss. At this point, masters from all over server 2 must be grouping together to form a hunting team. As powerful as he might be, it would be difficult for him to survive alone.

I pursed my lips.

I would also participate in this hunt as part of Taonier.

Of course, I wouldn't exert all my effort.

Just the rewards for participating would be enough, so Anything would probably deploy only the minimum personnel.

It might be considered spoon-feeding, but it was an inevitable choice after facing a difficult mission. After all, we only had one airship, the Lucette, available immediately.

'Will the two of us be enough?'

Wiryung and I.

Even just watching his end from afar would be fine.

If that wasn't possible...

'......'

I leaned my back against the sofa and looked up at the ceiling.

And a few days later.

The day of the Raid event arrived.

[Pick Me Up!]

[Welcome to the Dimensional Café!]

Anything had logged into the game early in the morning and was checking the Dimensional Café, Pick Me Up's internal community.

□ Bulletin Board

<※Attention!>

<This is a place for...>
Bulletin Board.

A place where masters commonly seek companions for events they recommend forming teams for.

It couldn't be any other day than Raid day, with thousands of posts uploaded, and the pages updating rapidly every time refresh was pressed.

It was the first time the headquarters had organized a surprise event, apart from its usual schedule.

Many BJ were also checking their broadcasts to cover it.

"I'll see with my own eyes how he dies."

Dimensional Breach Hangar.

Wiryung was looking at the Lucette, which was preparing to set sail, with a murderous look in his eyes.

I understand.

Neither Mu-ryeon nor its leader there had done anything wrong to El Cid.

His home, Mu-ryeon, had been destroyed for a ridiculous reason.

"I repeat, don't rush ahead just because he's ahead. If you plan on doing that, tell me now. I'll go alone if necessary."

"Don't worry, Sir. If it had been the Wiryung of Mu-ryeon, perhaps. But now I am aware of my current situation. I just... want to see the end of that barbarian."

Creak, clack, clack.

The ladder of the Lucette began to descend from the railing.

Wiryung climbed up to the deck without hesitation.

In this event, only Wiryung and I would participate.

Anything had accepted my team formation proposal without hesitation.

'El Cid.'

No, now it's Laskandar.

Yurnet was investigating more about his identity on Earth.

If I can also confirm that, I will be able to understand why he didn't return to Earth and what his purpose is on server 1. I firmly secured the Bifröst sheath to my belt and boarded the aircraft heading towards the event point.

<Dimensional jump in progress!>

A few minutes later.

The Lucette, which had reached the border of the Taonier area, began to be enveloped in light.

Flash, a dazzling flash of light whitened my view.

And shortly after, the light ahead of me dissipated.

<Attention! Heroes below floor 70 should wait in the rear with their aircraft until our alliance issues new orders! I repeat. Floor reached...>

I squinted.

The sky tinged with red. And the endless space above and below unfolded before my eyes.

It was exactly the place that appeared in the promotional video of the surprise Raid.

[Dimension 1297 - Nisand]

The vast sky was filled with countless aircraft.

It wasn't a number that could be estimated at a glance. Roughly thousands.

If we included what was outside my field of vision, there might be more than ten thousand.

<You can receive rewards for participating even if you wait in the rear! Do not advance until we issue new instructions. We guarantee your safety…>

Someone's voice had been sounding for a while.

'There it is.'

I looked forward, far ahead.

The fleets that obviously belonged to high-ranking players were lined up. The voice came from the flagship airship of that group.

"Who decides who comes and who goes? How annoying."

The man standing on the aircraft next to me muttered.

Despite his words, his aircraft was backing away.

[Dimensional Channel - 13,639 participants]

Iclios> Rookies just need to watch! We'll take care of everything!

Melt> There are too many people here. Did they all come to get on the bandwagon?

I’mSick> Look at those scruples haha. More than half just came with their bodies to an unfair battle. Do you think it's easy to just come and spoon-feed? If Loki were here, all of you would be finished.

CoinWorld> Where's Niflheim, by the way? In an event like this, where is the server representative?

The guild chats piled up at a rate of dozens per second.

I withdrew my gaze from the guild chat and looked around again.

The number of Masters participating in this surprise event was approximately 14,000.

Adding up the mobilized aircraft, they exceeded 25,000.

Mobius had not opened the Dimensional City designated for Masters of that level.

They had simply opened the Raid. Therefore, almost all Masters capable of operating aircraft, level 40 or higher, were here. And the number of participants kept increasing.

Of course, as good as the participation rewards were, they couldn't compare to the rewards for contribution.

To obtain these, high-ranking players had grouped separately and were at the forefront.

The fools looking for an opportunity shouldn't be able to deliver the final blow.

"There are... so many people. I never saw anything like this even when I was in Mu-ryeon."

Wiryung looked around as he spoke.

I twirled my finger in the air.

Signal to retreat. The Lucette began to move away from the hunting group.

<Master, is it okay not to participate? We have received contacts from allied masters of server 2.>

"Tell them I'm busy. I don't need to intervene."

<...Understood.>

Yurnet's voice cut off.

'Not participating in this event.'

For Niflheim, it was a choice without losses.

Even after reviewing the rewards list, there was nothing particularly enticing.

'Compete with high-ranking players for first place in a duel?'

It was an absurd idea.

The fleets of high-ranking players here were just the tip of the iceberg.

They didn't bring their true strength to such events.

Those forming a siege in the front were, at most, their second teams.

'It was to be expected.'

There were no really hard-to-obtain materials offered in this event.

Mobius probably didn't have enough time to prepare the event, so high-ranking players didn't need to spend expensive fuel to deploy high-level fleets.

However, this Raid event seemed to have the highest number of participants of all events so far.

The channel had exceeded 20,000 Masters. Wherever you looked in the sky, there was no space without aircraft.

Considering that the highest number of participants in the 7th Festival had been only 1,000, the difference was enormous.

[Event wait time has ended.]

[Please wait a moment, participating masters! The surprise event 'El Cid Raid' will start soon.]

[This Raid allows free entry and exit during the event, and rewards may be limited accordingly. You can check the details of the rewards and delivery method 'here'.]

A notification appeared on Anything's control screen.

It was a start-of-event warning.

[Warning!]

[Warning!]

[Warning!]

[Warning!]

[Warning!]

A quintuple warning message indicating a high-level enemy.

Next, the event mission window appeared.

[Special Event]

[Event Type - Raid]

[Event Objective - Defeat the high-ranking player, 'El Cid,' who has disturbed the order of Mobius!]

I narrowed my eyes.

In the sky full of countless aircraft.

A small airship that could be called a boat was flying towards here.

Above that airship.

[Danger!]

[The Conqueror of Destiny]

[Laskandar El Cid Lv.658]

A young man with a cloak of ash wolf fur stood on the deck, looking down at the hunting team.

"Many have gathered."

It was a low murmur, but his voice resonated throughout the field.

He smiled faintly.

"It's been a long time, my friend."

In the sky full of countless aircraft.

Laskandar's gaze turned exactly where I was.

"No one else heard what I said, only you. It seems like yesterday. You've grown impressively."

The young man spoke to me as he looked at me.

Thousands of pairs of eyes turned simultaneously towards me.

...Mad.

Say that here?

"I'm sorry, but..."

Laskandar turned his gaze to the numerous fleets in front of him and began to speak.

"I have one last task to do. If you don't want to lose your lives, step aside."

Of course, the aircraft responded by aiming their cannons at him instead of words.

"It seems it won't work."

Laskandar scratched his head with one eye closed.

<Surrender already! No matter if you're the strongest of the 7-star heroes, you can't face this entire hunting force gathered here alone.>

The voice came from the elite fleet's side.

At the same time, cannon doors began to glow, preparing to fire.

"...Alone."

Laskandar muttered with a bitter expression.

"Unfortunately... I'm not alone."

The moment he finished speaking,

Puff-puff-puff-puff-puff!

The front fleet fired the first shot.

Hundreds of projectiles flew simultaneously towards Laskandar's airship.

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