The Status Window Disappeared

Black Flag Pursuit (2)

I don’t know why, but the fake players belonging to the Black Flag were hiding in Benicia Kingdom.

Since it is practically impossible to change the people around them, the fakes must have been educated on the behavior and tone of the players.

My name is stealth, so I have to do that.

So it won’t be very easy to sort them out.

Chris decided to tell his interrogators a story rather than ask them questions.

He called the players one by one and had a conversation in the luxurious drawing room of the palace.

They obediently respond to interrogation, although they cannot completely hide their displeasure.

It must have been that they felt a subtle sense of anxiety when they heard the news of the Benicia Kingdom.

“Ah, he was summoned right after being discharged from the army.”

“Yes, two days after being discharged.”

Chris, who was quietly listening to the other person’s story, asked right away when he found something to ask.

“… Service Creed.”

“Our resolution.”

“You may go.”

No matter how hard fakes are educated, it is difficult to imitate habits that have been ingrained in the body for a long time.

Chris tried to induce that kind of behavior as much as possible.

There are a total of 7 players in the Kingdom of Milta, excluding the King.

Chris quickly took down six of them and faced the last player.

But this man, somehow, the atmosphere is strange.

The context is well organized, but the story is overly neat.

Besides, there is also a feeling of impatience.

Although he is subtle enough that a normal person would not feel out of place, Chris, who was traveling while hiding his identity, could be roughly recognized.

Chris, who worked hard to get the story out of him, finally caught his tail.

“You like beer?”

“Yes, I like drinking beer like water here. It’s a pity that I can’t drink Guinness though… … .”

“If it’s Guinness, it’s bottled beer or canned beer.”

“Can. Can I go soon?”

It’s a little dubious, but there’s no confirmation yet.

Chris stops him from getting up on his own and asks a question of conversion.

“One more. A can of Guinness has one thing that other beers don’t. Do you know what it is?”

“… yes.”

The player panicked as if he hadn’t expected that Chris would ask such trivial questions.

Chris laughed inwardly at his reaction.

It really feels like it’s been put right.

“If you drink a can of Guinness often, you can’t help but notice… … .”

“Huh, bullsh*t! Don’t keep saying weird things and just let me go.”

Sensing an abnormality in his attitude, the guards came forward with heavy expressions.

Since they were the ones Harnox directly attached, they were completely on Chris’ side.

Chris laughed at the unexpected harvest and shook his head.

“I didn’t think there was really a fake hiding there… Guinness cans contain plastic balls called widgets. It is used to make cream foam in canned beer, but people who try it for the first time are confused thinking that it is a foreign substance. I guess I didn’t learn that from Black Flag.”

“… Flame spear.”

The fake, whose identity was discovered, immediately activated the skill and attacked Chris.

Chris drew his sword belatedly, but a spear of flame that was triggered abruptly pierced his chest.

The moment the fake player tried to kill the guards with a smile of repentance.

Chris’ body pierced by the spear disperses like smoke.

Confirming that he was fake, Chris came out from under the table in the back and stabbed the wizard in the back.

“Ah! uh, how… … ?”

“I was a fake from the start. This luxury is luxury.”

Chris, who overpowered the fake, smiled while stroking the mirror ring on his hand.

It was not his main body that interrogated the players, but an alter ego summoned with the power of an epic item.

Because Chris gave the order directly from close quarters, he was able to go undetected.

The guards look at Chris from under the table and look puzzled.

Actually, it wasn’t a very nice appearance.

But Chris enjoyed this kind of ambush the most.

They tried to pick up the player who was recovering from his wounds thanks to the health bonus, but Chris slashed his neck and blew it away.

He shook his head at the protesting guards.

“Anything is safe first. Are you sure you have the confidence to overwhelm the players?”

“… no. thank you.”

The guards calmly agreed after losing their voices at his words.

No matter how important interrogation is, it is not as important as their own lives.

Actually, Chris wanted to get information from him too… … .

It is very difficult to subdue a player who uses 50,000 skills in one word while receiving a health bonus and magic bonus.

Moreover, it was unlikely that an organization the size of a black flag would easily allow interrogation.

If they were themselves, they would have put a curse on them to prevent information from being leaked.

Thanks to the guards witnessing everything from start to finish, the effort of explaining to the king was saved.

Harnox was elated when his concerns became reality.

“Look. What did I say! Their foul magic has reached Jim’s palace! Guards search the palace right now and catch the conspirators! There was still a storm outside, so they couldn’t have escaped outside the walls.”

Thanks to Chris for catching the fakes, the guards had to search the whole city in a rainstorm.

Meanwhile, Chris swallowed his saliva, feeling anxious again.

Even if it was just one guy, a fake was hiding in the kingdom of Milta.

How on earth did Harnox, the king, seem easygoing?

The fierce storm showed no sign of stopping, and the guards went down to the city after sweeping the palace.

They were going crazy because of the storm, but with the guards harassing them, the people were really on the verge of dying.

Some of his servants, concerned about the people’s dissatisfaction, advised the king, but the king, whose position was threatened, never resigned.

Chris waited for the storm to subside, treated as a royal guest whether they did or not.

The more the storm lasts, the longer it lasts. People were even more confused.

In this kind of weather, most people cannot work for a living, so they starve.

Not only those who earn a living every day, but also those with a little better financial situation equally grab their hungry stomachs.

Even if the weather clears up right now, the rice fields outside the castle will already be in a mess.

If this is enough, farming this year should be considered completely gone.

When the situation became like this, the servants who had been saving themselves had no choice but to say one word at a time.

“Even now, we need to open the national treasury and carry out lifesaving activities. If we stay like this, everyone will starve to death.”

“Rather than moving manpower to catch those who may have already escaped, you should take care of the people as soon as possible… … .”

In Chris’ eyes, their words were undesirable, but the king did not listen to them.

You have to catch the remnants of the black flag quickly so that you and the players are safe, and you can regain the status window again.

At least he seems to think so.

Harnox, who is focused on the crisis in front of his eyes, gives them a bad command.

“What these guys say are traitors without fail. How dare you say that there is something more important than catching them right now! I will slit your throats myself.”

In fact, the fact that Harnox, a stranger, was sitting on the throne without the status window was a feat.

For him, if he doesn’t recover his strength as soon as possible, he won’t feel safe.

Chris was convinced that his downfall was imminent.

Harnox has been treated as an honored guest ever since he came to this world, so he doesn’t know the seriousness of the incident.

What the people eat and how they live is up to the subordinates.

He is a great king, and he has to decide things far more important than such trivial matters.

There are ample amounts of food and snacks in the warehouses of the palace, so even hearing that the people are starving doesn’t really make sense.

Because of this, he had no intention of stepping out directly despite the fact that he was in a situation that he could not handle with the authority of his servants.

His aides managed to prevent the death penalty of his subjects who had remonstrated.

how much time has passed since then

The storm that seemed to last forever finally came to an end.

Chris looked at the clear sky and prepared to resume the journey.

However, the guards’ steps were faster than he was leaving the palace.

“It is an order from His Majesty the King. We must go quickly and close the entrance to the city.”

“Enforce the checks at the city gates much more thoroughly. If we don’t catch the remnants, we’ll run away.”

Apparently, he was concerned about the escape of the Black Flag remnants.

Chris, who quietly followed them, stopped walking with a sense of absurdity not long after.

In front of the palace, there were crowds of people who had starved for several days.

The number was so great that the guards could not even leave the palace.

The atmosphere is also so vicious that it doesn’t seem like they’re going to get out of the way.

Some hold the body of a dead child in their arms, others clutch a plow or a pitchfork.

A fierce gaze scanned the guards guarding the palace.

Even the people who had been trampled on for the rest of their lives couldn’t just ignore this situation.

Anyway, if you don’t open the warehouse in the palace, everyone will die.

The people, who had no place to retreat anymore, chose the path of fighting and winning.

The guards who came out to check them couldn’t bear to break through them and returned to the king.

The king, who sat on his throne and ate grapes, was furious when he heard the news.

“Where is it my fault that there has been a storm for several days! I can’t do it because bug-like people want to see it. Kill a few guys to set an example and they’ll all go back. The palace guards quickly prepare and follow me.”

“Lungs, Your Majesty!”

Harnox really seemed intent on killing all his people.

The real problem is that he can run it.

How could a stranger from a player rise to the throne?

it’s a fight

There were many small countries around Milta Kingdom, and they fought big and small wars every day.

It is only natural that there is no strong country capable of overpowering neighboring countries.

Harnox took advantage of the chaos and reached the throne of the king.

If nothing else, the one who has a knack for killing people is Harnox.

He was so cruel and skillful that he would not be thought to have been a resident of modern Earth.

Even if he lost the status window, he had accumulated a lot of mana before that, so it wouldn’t be much of a chore to slaughter starving citizens.

Harnox, who really packed his equipment and left the palace, looked at Chris, who was still there, and became angry.

“You, too, help me put down the rebellion. I will pay you so you don’t get upset.”

“… … .”

Chris made a gesture that seemed to follow him without saying a word.

As Harnox took a step forward with a satisfied expression, Chris immediately drew a dagger and stabbed him in the back of the neck.

Harnox slumped forward helplessly and looked back at Chris with a surprised expression.

He raised his finger and pointed at Chris, but the palace guards didn’t even budge.

It is their friends and family who are protesting out there now.

If Chris hadn’t stabbed him, someone from the guards would have stabbed him.

Chris shook his head at Harnox, who was trying to voice his protest.

“Didn’t I promise to help you until the storm stopped?”

Travel funds are already sufficient.

The vengeful opponent he seeks now is a strong man who has been skilled in the status window for several years.

That’s why it’s better to receive magic than Harnox’s money.

Chris, who secretly stole his mana with the secret magic trick, looked back at the palace guards.

“… … .”

Some guards try to arrest Chris, but… … .

Others have dried it.

They were the guards who accompanied Chris when he interrogated the players the other day.

He owes Chris his life, and most of all, he knows his skills well, so he doesn’t seem to want to arrest him.

Chris nodded as if to greet them, then climbed on top of the ghost horse that had pierced through the wall.

Soon after, one pill and one disappeared in front of everyone without a sound.