: Netherworld Rises!
ACT 9 Netherworld Rises!
“Hik, what, what, what the?”
Buksil wasn’t in a normal state. He thought everything had finished when Ark returned from Ageiron.
‘Huhuhu, now all that’s left to do is use my ‘secret weapon’ when the Netherworld rises and I can obtain Magaro’s legacy. All the cruelty I’ve had to withstand will become worthwhile!’
Buksil had been happily daydreaming. However, the situation had changed instantly when the Red Man appeared. The resurrection of the world tree was stopped as the Red Man and the Draken troops invaded the fortress. In addition, the Nakujuk were also storming the canyon in order to invade Haman Fortress. JusticeMan and the rehabilitation members did their best to command the soldiers and stop them, but the Draken troops had already broken in and slaughtered the Baran members that they encountered.
“T-take this….!”
Buksil watched as a Baran covered in blood died and gnashed his teeth. There weren’t only soldiers in the fortress. General NPCs had been gathered to spread supplies so there were a number of young children. And Buksil was in charge of the warehouse and supplies so he had spent time with all of them. He had carried luggage and shed sweat with the residents and also played with the children. Yet now there were young children being slaughtered in front of him. His fury climbed as he saw the scenes unfolding.
“But there’s still Ark, Ark will stop them!”
Buksil didn’t like Ark. Although he sometimes showed a surprising face, he would quickly reveal his true colours. But Buksil recognized Ark’s skill. Among the users he had met so far, Ark was the strongest one. Obviously Ark would somehow solve this problem. When Buksil looked through the cloud of dust to find Ark, he was engulfed in despair. Ark, Shambala and Lariette were being hopelessly beaten.
‘Hiing, he looks so uncool. Let’s see him act smug now!’
Buksil didn’t know why he laughed. But his face became desperate as strange feelings rose in his heart after seeing fall and fall again.
‘…..What the? Why are you doing this? You’re not such a character. Doesn’t your expression always show confidence in winning? Get up. Where’s that handsome act that you used to exploit Lariette? Hurry up and be that person who exploited me!’
He couldn’t understand why he was feeling this way. Ark was hateful. Really hateful, but Buksil didn’t want to see him look like this. At that moment, the Red Man shot off lightning strikes and Ark was burned to death. Buksil’s eyes also being pained from the glare of the lightning.
“T-that bastard….!”
Buksil ground his teeth together as he stared at Ark’s collapsed form.
…..This feeling? Buksil felt something in his head come loose as he witnessed Ark dying. The quest would fail and he would die from the Nakujuk once Ark died. The whole situation mixed up in Buksil’s head and he became paralyzed. Then all that anger became aimed at the Red Man.
‘Because of him. Everything is because of him!’
Buksil glared at the Red Man leisurely approaching Yuzuria’s Heart. He pulled out a scroll and shouted.
“Take this you son of a bitch! [Banish]!”
When a scroll was activated, a colour would appear depending on what type it was. The light would hit the target and trigger the special effect. However, the light just floated in front of Buksil and didn’t fly towards the Red Man.
“What, what the? Why is this happening? Is it broken after such a long time? No, it shouldn’t have…..ah, that’s right!”
Everything was so crazy that he forgot to specify a target. Buksil took out the [Low-level Insight] and used it on the Red Man. He needed to confirm the Red Man’s ID before the effects of the [Banish] scroll was cancelled.
“Huhuhu, after I find out your ID…..huk, what is this?”
Buksil’s smile of satisfaction turned into an expression of bewilderment. The Red Man’s information didn’t appear even when he used [Insight]. Rather, the Red Man discovered him thanks to the use of the [Insight] scroll. The Red Man flinched and turned around.
“What the, who are you?”
“Hik!”
Buksil screamed and sat on the ground. The Red Man had lifted his sword as soon as he turned his body around. It was a desperate moment! Buksil let out a terrified scream and shouted.
“Hell, I don’t know! [Banish], the one about to hit me is the target! Activate! Activate! Activate!”
Buksil shouted with desperation after he was cornered. Once it was triggered, the light was unable to find a target and gradually weakened but now it entwined with Buksil’s body. Just a few seconds afterwards, the Red Man’s sword touched Buksil and the light soared up the sword towards the Red Man’s heart.
Flash! Teteng!
“Ugh, what, what the?” Oh my god…..!”
A red light flashed from the scroll and the Red Man flew towards the horizon like a baseball in a home run. Buksil stared with bemused eyes at the Red Man flying away and stuttered.
“Oh, i-it really could be triggered this way?”
It was a new method of utilizing the scrolls that had never been considered!
“Hahaha, I-I did it! Neither Ark, Shambala nor the rehabilitation group could deal with him yet I blew that monster away! As expected, the scrolls really are the strongest!”
In New World, only 10 of these rare [Banish] scrolls had been found! It was a scroll which blew the target 10 kilometres away. Yes, Buksil’s secret weapon was this scroll. He had planned to use the [Banish] scroll on Ark after Magaro’s legacy when found and then flee after packing all the items. However……
“Eh? W-what have I done?”
Buksil burst out as he realised too late.
“Ugh, now I don’t have a trump card to hit Ark with!”
Buksil grabbed his hair and screamed. But after a moment, Buksil acted like someone with schizophrenia and suddenly looked at Yuzuria’s Heart.
“W-wait? It’s not like that. There would be no way to get Magaro’s legacy if the Red Man won but luckily Yuzuria’s Heart is still here. And Ark died from a user so he won’t revive for 24 hours. If that’s the case?”
The preparations to revive the world tree were already finished. If Buksil managed to resurrect the world tree then wouldn’t he monopolize Magaro’s legacy? Those were Buksil’s thoughts as he ran towards Yuzuria’s Heart.
“Yes, once I occupy this then my plan……”
But there were some things Buksil didn’t know. He needed Ark’s Sacred Branch in order to restore the world tree. And there was something else……
“Hey pig. Isn’t that mine?”
“Hik, what, what, what, what…..?”
Buksil freaked out and fell on his rear as he heard the voice coming from behind him. Surprisingly, the person approaching was Ark who had died a short time ago. Yes, Ark had already died once. But no matter how strong the opponent was, Ark wouldn’t die just like that. The Red Man’s lightning was only focused on Ark, Shambala, Lariette and Dedric. Meanwhile, Ark had made some preparations and sent Razak escaping to somewhere far away. Thus Ark revived thanks to Razak’s Pledge of Death and waited for a chance to either strike the Red Man or take Yuzuria’s Heart. Then he watched as Buksil blew the Red Man away.
“Now I understand. That was the ‘secret weapon’ you were hiding?”
Ark narrowed his eyes and glared at Buksil. Buksil winced and shouted as Ark approached.
“Now’s not the time for this! The world tree, you need to revive the world tree!”
“That’s right, the world tree!”
Ark flinched and looked around. The Haman Fortress was a place of chaos as the Drakens and Nakujuk ran everywhere. The Red Man had disappeared but the fortress was still in a dangerous state.
‘Now I can only believe in the world tree. I can reverse the situation if I restore Yuzuria. And even if we’re defeated here, Yuzuria will still rise. There’s no other choice.’
“Buksil, we’ll talk about the scrolls later.”
Ark grabbed Yuzuria’s Heart and buried it in the soil bed. Then he also drove Yggdrasil’s Sacred Branch into the bed. A pale light emerged from the Sacred Branch as the soil bed started to shake.
“That’s it, it is reacting. Now……!”
Pyorong!
A sprout grew from the soil. A sprout….no matter how he looked, it was still a sprout Only two buds grew from the sprout. Ark stared at it but the sprout didn’t change.
“What, what the? Why is it different?”
Ark raised his voice and an information window instantly appeared.