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First Imperial Tombs.

It is assumed that it was once a huge structure comparable to a pyramid, but now it was a place where thoroughly broken debris piled up like a mountain.

"This is the first imperial tomb."

The Queen looked around with an expression of renewed emotion. empty ruins. However, it was the tomb of a person who opened a new history of underground civilization.

"Perhaps I guess."

At Pietro's reply, the queen nodded.

"Yes, I think that guess is correct. If the imperial tomb had to be destroyed this far, it would have been because it was a ruin with a record of the abandoned world, so the emperor of the Millennium Mausoleum prevented the tribulation and destroyed it. Such relics are likely to be the tombs of the first emperor."

At that time, Seo Moon-yeop, who had been quietly listening to the conversation between the two, opened his mouth.

"How many gates do you need to relocate all the underground people in the abandoned world?"

"To put it simply, we need a lot more than when we invaded the ground."

Pietro answered.

During the Underground War, gates appeared all over the ground. The gate is connected to the dungeon where the monsters breed, so the monsters that have finished growing come out in search of food.

The superhumans who faced this responded by attacking the first discovered dungeon before the monsters appeared.

The war was barely over with the victory of the supermen because the underground people, who were helpless in the sunlight, could not go to the forefront of the war.

"Perhaps the king will invade the ground in the same way?"

"It must be because you have acquired the first knowledge. The method of ground invasion that the first knows about is from the last war."

Pietro continued to explain.

"However, my guess is that you won't be able to build a gate that connects the abandoned world directly to the surface. Because you won't know the coordinates on the ground."

"So, for now, it will appear here first."

"It is very likely."

But it was uncertain.

That was the problem.

when will you come

where to come

What is the king's power?

How far will the knowledge absorbed from the first high-ranking priest go?

There was nothing to be sure of.

"Anyway, we have to do everything we can. I will do my best to help."

The reason why the queen followed was not to tour the historic ruins expected to be the first imperial tomb.

It was to help Pietro prepare for the final battle by setting up various devices in advance.

-Target: Queen (underground person)

-muscle strength 32/32

- Agility 40/40

- speed 33/33

- Endurance 40/40

-Spirit 97/97

-Skills 79/79

-Aura 199/199

- Leadership 100/100

- Tactics 35/52

-Psychic Powers: Prayer, Destiny

The queen outnumbered Pietro, who had absorbed the fifth high priest's spirit, in terms of Miss Aura. Since she was the incumbent high priest who was chosen by the light of the beginning, she was natural.

In addition, his ability to handle Auras was extraordinary. It's to the point of making a Battlefield system.

'While I didn't see it, it's full of technology and leadership.'

The queen's ability as seen through analysis has now fully grown except for tactics.

I knew that technology and leadership were slightly empty, but it meant that I had been working hard and not standing still.

"Please teach me. What should I do first?"

The Queen asked Pietro.

said Pietro.

"First of all, you can't create barriers that block contact with the outside world. I have to induce him to come here."

"that's right."

"And besides this place, we have to find all the places the first knows about and set up barriers. I won't let you go anywhere else but here."

"Yes, everyone is investigating the whereabouts of the first high priest."

The queen had already unleashed the underground people and was trawling through the places the first senior priest knew.

If all those places were blocked with barriers, the king would have no choice but to come here.

Of course, I couldn't be sure as I couldn't predict how far the limit of the king's ability would be, but I was thinking of increasing the probability as much as possible.

"And I'm thinking of making various traps here, but honestly, there won't be much damage to monsters of that size."

The more I listened to Pietro's cold explanation, the more I felt the darkness. However, all three of the people here have experienced adversity where there is no hope. I didn't care about Seo Mun-yeop or the queen.

"What we need more than that is a means of escape."

"Escape?"

"You need a means to escape safely in case of defeat."

Pietro already had defeat in mind.

Here, Seo Moon-yeop and Pietro will face off against the king, but if they lose, both will have to escape safely and fight the second round on the ground.

Pietro started building an escape device with the Queen.

He dug deep into the ground so that it could not be seen, and built a barrier by inserting a mana stone into it. Pietro did most of the work, and the Queen assisted on the sidelines.

After the installation was complete, he handed over a specially made Hearthstone to Seo Moon-yeop.

"A return stone?"

"It is a hearthstone connected to a device made in the ground. Even if the king uses a barrier-like technique to block their return, they can break through and escape."

"Like you're manipulating other people's spatial movement, right?"

"I can't guarantee that the king won't be able to do what I can do. I still believe that it is impossible to that extent. Anyway, as long as I use that hearthstone here, I can definitely escape. If you are in danger, use the hearthstone without delay. Because I can get out of it on my own."

"okay."

Seo Moon-yeop put the Hearthstone in his pocket.

Seo Mun-yeop wasn't just watching the two of them work.

I was looking around and figuring out the terrain.

'That wreckage must be quite a hindrance.'

As the giant serpent struggles, its debris will scatter like hailstones everywhere. It's not a big deal to the giant snake, but it will be a landslide that will be a threat enough to the little Seo Moon-yeop and Pietro.

As intelligent as it was, there was a high possibility that the king would try to take advantage of such a geographical advantage.

'For now, let's continue looking.'

Seo Mun-yeop continued to look around the imperial tomb.

They did everything they could in the first imperial tomb.

"After all, there's nothing to prepare other than an escape device."

Seo Moon-yeop murmured as he looked around the tomb of the first emperor, whose work had been completed.

said Pietro.

"I set several traps. It doesn't matter to the king, but at least it will work for the other monsters the king brings."

"Even against a giant snake without intelligence, I fought hundreds of times and only won once, but this time it is the king of monsters who has intelligence and uses all kinds of high-level tricks..."

Seo Moon-yeop clicked his tongue. It was the first time I had ever had such an unfavorable fight.

The queen, whose expression darkened at those words, opened her mouth.

"Shall I fight with you? It's still not enough, but it will help."

Seo Moon-yeop shook his head.

"Wouldn't that help? If we fight on the ground, we can provide support from a distance, but in such a limited space, everyone can be a target."

The queen had no combat experience and could not expect the quickness to respond to an attack.

Pietro agreed.

"Rather than that, I'd like to ask you to do something later. While we are fighting, we must inform mankind of this fact and prepare them."

As the head of the World Association, the Queen's job was to announce this fact to mankind.

Even now, we are doing our best, such as releasing and introducing new dungeons, but when a real war unfolds, mankind will fall into great confusion. The Queen had to coordinate so that governments could respond quickly.

The Queen nodded in agreement.

"there's nothing we can do. Don't worry though. I am doing everything I can. We are in touch with major national governments at any time, and even if a war breaks out on the ground, we are devising ways to repair the damage after victory."

"How do you fix that? If a war breaks out on the ground, at least half of the planet will be in ruins."

Along with the human population, it was clear that the world economy would collapse at its worst ever.

I couldn't compare it to the previous Underground War, but I didn't expect to be able to overcome it safely.

But the Queen came up with an unexpected solution.

"'Observation' is going around the world's major cities."

Observation was the person who made the greatest contribution to the development of the Battlefield system.

It was possible to save the visible scenery and implement the same memories with the same materials.

"You will restore major cities with 'observation' and 'implementation'?"

Seo Moon-yeop was surprised.

"Yes, I implemented most of Battlefield's dungeons, but is there anything a human city can't do? There may be restrictions on utilization due to sunlight, but it is not impossible."

"There was a way."

Even if the city was destroyed by monsters, the shattered remains would still be there.

In other words, since the material for realizing the city is still there, it can be quickly restored.

I don't know how many cities 'Observation' can store in memory, but if it goes according to plan, post-war recovery will be much easier.

"After contributing to the recovery of war and post-war damages like that, it is our goal to formally establish friendship with humanity and to be recognized for the living rights of people living in the basement."

The Queen revealed her bold aspirations.

By introducing the Battlefield, mankind was prepared for the later tribulation, and a plan was also made to deal with the post-war damage.

With this level of merit, mankind would have no choice but to acknowledge the queen.

Of course, opinions will be raised as to whether this tribulation is also due to the underground people, but at least it will be a better situation than staying hidden as it is now.

"If it goes well, we will be able to formally establish a country by ceding some uninhabited areas. After that, we will improve our relationship by helping with environmental issues that humans are unable to deal with."

"It's a human society coexisting with underground people... I couldn't have imagined it in the past."

Seo Mun-yeop admired the queen. Because what I've done so far was something no one could do.

"He was a true prophet."

Peter murmured.

***

After that, Seo Moon-yeop and his party waited for the day of prophecy to come.

It was quiet for a while.

In the meantime, YSM resumed the pro league and raged every game, and started the World Champions League and won the round of 16.

The combination of Seo Moon-yeop and Pietro was still the same, and other players of YSM were raging, attracting attention as candidates for the championship.

In particular, Shin Soo-kyung, who made her debut at the World Champions, drew attention. It is said that the secret weapon that Seo Moon-yeop had been hiding has finally appeared.

As if the fact that everyone might perish in the future is a lie, mankind has been largely peaceful.

But that peace was broken before winter even arrived.

He sensed a huge wave of aura.

The area where the wave was happening was the first imperial tomb.

Among the measures taken in advance for the first imperial tomb was a device that notified immediately upon detection of an aura wave. Pietro noticed right away and informed Seo Moon-yeop.

"already? It's a lot faster than you think."

"I am rather fortunate. If the king had been more thorough, he could have waited a hundred years or so and invaded after we were dead."

"We'll look like a pyramid, so why be careful?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's because I didn't have that kind of free time."

A catastrophe that staked the life and death of the world was about to begin.