I Became a Madman in the Game

Episode. 05 Snow King’s Artifact (2)

“Oh, poor Richard! Where are you!”

It was about to reach the village.

The voice of Baron Hessen echoed from the foot of the mountain. It was so loud that I didn’t want to hear it because it was so cracked.

Moving in the direction of the voice, I saw the baron and the soldiers accompanying him.

“Do, Bocchan! What the hell have you been doing all this time!”

Soon after, the baron who found me made an expression as if he would burst into tears at any moment. It was clear that he was worried that there was a problem in his territory.

“Should I even say that?”

“It’s not like that… … !”

The baron, who was trying to raise his voice in tears, seemed to have forgotten his high and low status, but his words were blurry. His gaze was on my crown and cloak.

I opened my mouth.

“Don’t be curious about anything. Ice castle on top of the mountain. My crown and cloak too.”

“Ah, I see!”

As if the artifact effect was working well, Baron Hessen replied with his military discipline upright.

I patted him on the shoulder and started walking toward the village.

Snow King’s ice crown and fur cloak are so wonderful that even ‘that guy’ of the magician who destroyed Battenga came in handy.

Now, if you attract the residents of Snowfall as followers, it will be perfect.

The happiness circuit was actively running in my head.

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In the dark forest, the lich wrapped in demonia showed a displeased expression.

“What kind of disturbing energy is this… … .”

An aura that he had never felt before, deeply imbued with demonic energy, that was strongly stimulating Richie’s planting.

His body floated in the air. The place where I felt an unpleasant aura was a small village in the north.

Who the hell is giving off this energy? Richie’s unique desire to explore was at the same time, and at the same time, his instinct to kill was swaying.

“I want to go and find out for myself, but the cause comes first, so I can’t help it.”

Corpses rose from the ground at the gesture of his hands that shone with a sad blue light.

A considerable number of undead, at the forefront of which the Death Knight rose.

“Find and kill the one who oozes this disgusting energy.”

Three liches from the demon realm.

At the command of Crombell, one of them, the dead began to move.

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A resident looked at me and opened his mouth.

“Ho, ho-le! Long live Hor!”

Residents around him exchanged glances with each other and began to follow suit.

There was no mess like this.

“These… … .”

I frowned.

It’s been the fourth day since I came to Snowfall.

I thought it would be a very satisfying outing, getting artifacts from the ice castle.

“Hooreugh!!”

ran into difficulties

Every time they saw me, the villagers shouted Hor’s name.

Even the village chief was like that.

Of course, it’s a good thing for me, who has to spread the religion and gather believers… … .

“noisy! If you don’t even believe it, what kind of horre are you!”

The most important thing was missing.

Even if they shouted the name of God for a hundred days, not even a penny of faith came in.

At this point, I couldn’t help but notice.

These guys pretended to believe in God, and were just gently courting me.

No, are you kidding me right now?

“Kya! Everyone, let’s pray to God!”

“Hor! Hor!”

Mary didn’t know that, and jumped up and down in excitement.

Why do those guys get red faces when they see it again?

“ha… … It’s not as easy as you think.”

Rather, it seems that the battle with King Seol was much easier.

No, it definitely was.

Even if you use your faith like blood to alleviate the sickness of the villagers, or even if you use your knights to find food for them to eat.

It was me, not God, that they felt grateful for. If it’s natural, it’s natural.

‘no. There will be a chance.’

No matter how much I shout to believe in God here, as you can see now, I will get a fake faith.

It was then that I felt the gaze.

“… … .”

It was Aaron.

“Aaron, I told you not to open your eyes like that.”

“What do I mean?”

It was Aaron who pretended to have done nothing.

I didn’t tell Aaron directly, but he seemed to know something about the relationship between me and Mary from before.

Occasionally, whenever I came out after talking with Mary, I would open my eyes just like that.

And this time, when Mary was leading the evangelism activities, Aaron began to express his dissatisfaction in earnest.

“young master. This kind of behavior will only become an obstacle in your future path.”

“Oh, how much do you know?”

“You believe in the fiction of God. As the successor of the Batten family, this is something that should never be done.”

Heir to Battenga. Isn’t that a place that has already been confirmed as the second brother?

But Aaron had a very serious expression. Do you seriously think that I am aiming for the position of successor?

But, in fact, there was something more important than that.

“I have my reasons.”

I paused for a while before opening my mouth.

“Because a great threat is coming to Battenga.”

“… … !”

At my words, Aaron hurriedly looked around. It was a remark that would have been a big problem if other articles heard it.

Even though I knew everything, I didn’t stop my mouth.

My stomach feels stuffy when I see the tightly-clogged Muga guys.

However, I don’t think that the magicians scattered in the southern continent will be different.

They must be greedy for magic again.

Seeing this continent as a player made me feel infinitely sad.

Martial arts are good, magic is excellent.

However, they were busy confronting each other by dividing into the North Continent, the Southern Continent, and martial arts and magic.

“If you continue to take that attitude, you will regret it greatly.”

Battenga, who ruled the North Continent, was destroyed by Marx in the Southern Continent.

That’s the future I know.

But is that the end?

Many dangers lurk on this continent.

If I hadn’t been possessed by ‘Richard’, I would have seen the continent turning into a sea of blood in the invasion of the Demon World.

The continent, facing such a turbulent world, had to gather strength.

It was a board that had to leave the warriors and wizards and bring out the harmony between humans and heterogeneous races.

And I wanted to use ‘Horgyo’ as a link of harmony.

“… … Are you dreaming of a revolution?”

In this world where faith has disappeared, a revolution will come.

Hana I shook my head.

“I just want you to have a bit of a flexible mindset, I mean.”

A scar on Aaron’s right arm came into view.

It was a small scratch from the battle with King Seol.

I put my hand on it and raised my faith.

“… … .”

Aaron’s eyes twinkled.

“Isn’t it a very strange feeling? That is what faith is.”

“Really, is there such a thing as a God?”

He repeated a question Mary had asked the other day.

“Then why did the existence of God make the world this way?”

“… … what?”

This was an unexpected question.

“The fight and chaos never end, and the ugly monsters try to invade the human land.”

“… … .”

“Five years ago, countless civilians got caught up in the battle with the magician Roland. There were even children among them. They haven’t done anything wrong.”

When he asked why God didn’t help them, I said nothing.

“sorry. I must have said something useless.”

Aaron, who had shown his dislike of God, suddenly apologized.

It seems that he decided that it was not something to say in front of me.

“Then call me if you need anything.”

I lowered my head and looked at him as he moved.

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“Hey, Master Richard.”

While I was standing still, Baron Hessen came to visit me.

“Support items will arrive in the village soon.”

Along with that, he handed me a document with support items written on it.

I took a quick look and found that there was quite a bit of variety. Essential items such as clothes, food, and firewood are listed.

I don’t think this guy will help me so easily.

“Hmmm! How do you plan to deal with that castle… … .”

just as expected.

His eyes were glistening with greed. The place where the gaze is directed is the ice castle in the snowy mountain.

Even in the village, a huge and colorful ice castle was showing off at a glance.

Baron Hessen would know. What great aesthetic value does that have?

“Isn’t it beautiful? I heard that nobles don’t like to use things like that.”

“Yeah, yes. If you make Snowfall a tourist destination… … !”

he took the bait

“Tourist destination? Is that mine?”

“Yes, yes?”

“I found it, and I also dealt with the monsters living in it. Then whose property is it?”

At my words, Baron Hessen broke into a cold sweat. My status is too high to claim that the castle is built on my territory.

“Let’s watch first.”

“All right.”

I left him behind as he seemed helpless to answer.

I originally intended to increase the value of Snowfall, but that was only when the villagers became my followers.

It’s still only calling others’ boats. Even if I could hit the support items I got by beating Baron Hessen with my favor, the ice castle was too much.

“hmm… … ?”

Then a faint noise pierced my ears.

It was coming from far out of town.

As if I wasn’t the only one who heard it, the eyes of the knights turned to one side.

“Let’s go for a while.”

I took the baron and some knights and approached the entrance of the village.

After passing the old wooden fence, a dense forest covered with snow came into view.

The noise was getting closer.

A bad feeling came over me.

The noise was footsteps. Not just one, but many… … .

“… … !”

The footsteps of rotting corpses.

I could see them coming out of the forest.

Numerous monsters from 1 to 3 stars.

All of them had a hole in their heart.

That hole was the mark of the undead.

“why?”

Why did the undead appear here?

It was a completely unexpected situation.

behind them.

I felt a disgusting aura there. A dirty aura that gives you goosebumps and makes you wonder why you only noticed it now.

it was magi

“young master! Stay away!”

Aaron, who ran to my side before I knew it, called the knights and said to me.

He was gripping the spear with all his might.

In addition to the knights, the soldiers of Baron Hessen began to gather at the entrance. The Baron grabbed my arm.

“Mister Richard, hurry up and evacuate with me in the carriage! We must hurry!”

“it’s okay.”

“yes… … ? what is that… … .”

“Either you evacuate by carriage or hide in the village, whatever you want.”

“Do, young master?”

Residents could be seen behind him as he muttered in vain.

Noticing the commotion, they gathered and were confused by the appearance of a monster they had never seen before.

I pulled out the ice crescendo strapped to my waist and stood next to Aaron.

“Do you intend to join the battle?”

“okay.”

“… … Be careful.”

Unsurprisingly, Aaron went on smoothly with that statement.

I knew I would never tear it apart.

“Whoa… … .”

I took a deep breath and caught my breath. If it had been me before climbing the snowy mountain, I might have been scared.

Isn’t there an artifact prepared for this inevitable situation?

A cold chill emanated from the ice crown.

The fear that had quietly lifted his head disappeared as if it had been washed away, and his reason sharpened.

It was the most necessary effect for me, who was not familiar with battles and blood.

and.

Damn-!

Snow King’s cold chill began to rage from the Frost Mantle.