NOVEL NEXT Chapter 40
Chapter 40: Paladin, Have You Fallen? (1)
A steaming hot post written 5 minutes ago.
[Morning Tent Erection Knight: Someone, anyone, please save me…
I’m currently hiding in a village full of Cultists.
They’ve realized someone has infiltrated and are searching everywhere to find and kill me.
It’s not a big village, just one ruled by a low-ranking Demon, but I can’t escape on my own…
This is Linea, and the village name is Flam.
I’m literally writing this while covering my mouth and crying…
I don’t want to die like this…
If anyone’s nearby, please, please, please, please come save me!]
Morning Tent Erection Knight.
One of the users frequently seen in the community.
Not quite an addict like Close-Range Spy, I Trusted the Monkey Man but, or Netkama (Hanna) who writes one post a day, but roughly the level below them.
You could say he’s a tier 2 user with similar activity levels to Full Play, Shotgun Attack, and Brahmanda.
Judging by the situation, it seems like he’s been driven to a very dangerous point.
Should I say this kind of situation is rare, or a first?
Posts like this that have been uploaded to the community so far have been written in situations where people were already dying or had resolved to die.
But this post written by Morning Tent Erection Knight wasn’t like the early users who wrote while dying, nor was it like Abraham’s suicide note.
This is a post requesting rescue, with a desperate desire to live.
I desperately wanted to help, but the area where Morning Tent Erection Knight is located is the problem.
Linea. It’s definitely where Hanna was beaten and tied up by the Brown Rock Tribe, specifically Rake.
It took Hanna about two weeks to get here.
Even if the fastest, Rake, were to leave now, it would take several days.
Morning Tent Erection Knight would be dead by then.
Is there no way? I don’t want to let him die, as he’s someone I’ve seen in the community for quite a while.
I looked through the comments while pondering.
[Brahmanda: Why did you go all the way there? What were you doing?]
ㄴ [Morning Tent Erection Knight: …]
ㄴ [Brahmanda: What is it?]
ㄴ [Morning Tent Erection Knight: I was looking for something like Viagra and…]
I felt a headache coming on as I read. This guy, has he gone crazy?
ㄴ [Brahmanda: …]
ㄴ [I Trusted the Monkey Man but: LOLOLOL This guy is a real nutcase]
ㄴ [Full Play: You came down to a village with a low-ranking Demon, looked for Viagra, and got caught? I must have misunderstood, right?]
ㄴ [Kimchi Man Die: The level of these dick hosts;;]
ㄴ [Morning Tent Erection Knight: There weren’t any Cultists when I entered. It was like they were having a prayer meeting or something, all gathered in the square.
It just so happened that they started moving right when I was about to leave…]
ㄴ [Not a Netkama: Making excuses like that makes you look even worse.]
ㄴ [Golden Dragon King: Man, even so, you went into the village? Did you want to die? That’s suicide, isn’t it?]
ㄴ [Morning Tent Erection Knight: Yeah. I guess I went a little crazy. But you guys will really understand how I feel if you were in my shoes. Try starting your day looking at something that’s deflated.
Nothing is enjoyable… You lose the will to live. I just took a leap of courage to find my happiness. Is that bad?]
ㄴ [If I Use the President’s Power: Well, I know what you’re trying to say. If I thought I had erectile dysfunction, my heart would ache. It’s not like I did anything bad with my thing… Poor guy…]
Hey, you idiot…!
Even if your dick doesn’t work, you’d risk your life looking for Viagra?
How mentally broken do you have to be to come up with such an idea?
My feelings of pity and sympathy have completely vanished.
[Close-Range Spy: Goja Buro – “Sigh~ I guess I have to step in, Master.”]
ㄴ [Close-Range Spy: Cho Wol Ja – “It’s your turn, Goja Buro. Share your power with the naive.”]
ㄴ [Close-Range Spy: What level are you?]
ㄴ [Morning Tent Erection Knight: Level 2. Got any brilliant ideas?]
ㄴ [Morning Tent Erection Knight: As expected of an early user]
ㄴ [Close-Range Spy: Cho Wol Ja – “I’m sorry, mortal…” ]
ㄴ [Morning Tent Erection Knight: Don’t give up, you fucker, please save me]
ㄴ [Close-Range Spy: I really don’t know what to do]
Even Close-Range Spy, who was relatively knowledgeable about various things, declared he was giving up.
I barely managed to suppress a laugh of disbelief.
It’s clearly a very desperate situation, but Morning Tent Erection Knight’s username, the cause of the incident, and the users’ reactions have combined to create a strangely funny skit.
[Morning Tent Erection Knight: Is there really no one in Linea?
The Cultists haven’t found me yet, but it seems like it’s just a matter of time
I’ll give you everything, everything except my life
You can treat me like a slave, just please save me, please]
Morning Tent Erection Knight even started creating new posts to beg.
But there was no salvation.
None of the comments said they were in Linea.
[Morning Tent Erection Knight: No! This can’t be happening! This isn’t real!]
Denial.
[Morning Tent Erection Knight: Why did it have to be me? Why did I have to get erectile dysfunction? Why am I the only one in this situation…]
Anger.
[Morning Tent Erection Knight: Sisters, I’m handsome, please save me just once, I can really do anything]
[Morning Tent Erection Knight: Brothers are okay too]
Bargaining.
[Morning Tent Erection Knight: This can’t be the end… This isn’t why I got possessed…]
Depression.
[Morning Tent Erection Knight: Thanks for listening to my rant, everyone. Be happy.]
And finally, acceptance.
He’s diligently going through the ‘5 Stages of Death’, as if he’s completely lost it.
Most users comforted him with a feeling of ‘It’s unfortunate, but what can you do?’.
[Morning Tent Erection Knight: Thanks. At least I don’t feel like I’m dying alone. I’m glad there’s at least a community.]
…If he were a little closer, I would have saved him.
I asked Rake, clutching at straws.
━ Is there a tribe in Linea?
“There’s the Ashgrey Fog Tribe. They’re near the Brown Rock Tribe, so there’s frequent interaction.”
Rake, who was leaning against Totem No. 1, answered, taking advantage of the fact that I had called her.
━ Where do they live?
“They live in the mountains. Just as the tribes on the grasslands worship Rakan, they worship Malak-nim.”
Mountains. Unfortunately, that information isn’t very helpful to Morning Tent Erection Knight right now.
Not only can I not guide the Ashgrey Fog Tribe to where Morning Tent Erection Knight is, but I can’t ask them to do such a dangerous thing.
It’s not just one person, but a fellow countryman, even a fellow Korean, but sacrificing dozens of Barbarians to save one guy is insane.
If only Morning Tent Erection Knight could somehow escape the village and reach the mountains.
I was looking at the community with mixed feelings.
[Princess Dina: Morning Tent Erection Knight-nim
What skills have you learned?]
Does this person have a solution?
A comment was quickly posted.
[Morning Tent Erection Knight: Healing Touch and Holy Flame. Princess-nim, is there a way?]
‘Princess-nim’, my ass.
Until just a moment ago, he was acting like someone accepting death, but of course, he wouldn’t give up hope so easily.
Otherwise, a comment wouldn’t have been posted immediately.
Healing Touch and Holy Flame.
I’ve skimmed through the skills George’s raiding party posted before.
Healing Touch is a level 1 healing skill, and Holy Flame is a level 2 attack skill.
The latter is an attack skill, but it’s said to have low practicality because it deals weak damage continuously.
Is it like damage over time?
ㄴ [Princess Dina: You’ve only learned useless trash skills.]
ㄴ [Morning Tent Erection Knight: That’s too harsh ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
Does this person not have a solution either?
Princess Dina. Princess Dina… It’s probably a nickname taken from the animated series ‘Magical Princess Dina’ that was popular 10 years ago.
Dina, an ordinary middle school girl, meets Papa, a talking axolotl, and realizes that she was the princess of the Magic Kingdom, who lost her memory and was exiled to the human world due to her younger sister’s conspiracy.
As she regains her memory, Dina also regains her past abilities and transforms into a magical girl to fight against the Alpaca Legion that is invading Earth and to defeat her younger sister who rules the Magic Kingdom with a reign of terror… That was probably the plot.
Anyway, it’s a very famous national animation.
When I was in first grade, I had phlegm in my throat and spat on the floor.
At that time, the girls called me an Alpaca Legion soldier and bullied me for months, so I still remember that show.
The girls who swung their magic wands at me, saying they would punish me, were very similar to the Barbarians who wanted to capture and kill the civilized people who insulted the Loa.
ㄴ [Princess Dina: Where are you hiding now?]
That Princess Dina was trying to save Morning Tent Erection Knight.