M E M O R I Z E

“Wait a minute.”

It was then.

As soon as I didn't feel curious, Han So-young quickly stopped his words.

Han Soyoung's face was stiff as ice. Only after seeing that attitude could I understand why I hung up on him in the middle.

Northwestern alliance.

Allied with the West and the North.

At first, while attacking, I strongly thought, "What alliance?"

But even after that, the weight of the word alliance is never lighter.

Above all, there are many ears to hear right now.

If any details about one of these columns are leaked out in any way, it will never have a good impact. Rumors do spread.

“About what you just said…. I think we should talk about this separately. ”

I knew it.

Han So-young asked for a one-on-one conversation, as if I was right. My brother nodded and accepted that he didn't care, and eventually I and other users had no choice but to get up.

... In fact, if you weren't curious, you'd be lying, but now you have to distinguish between the works.

“Just in case, what you hear in this tent today is strictly confidential. Any story. ”

Han So-young emphasized the word "nothing," and did not forget the warning.

I glanced at my brother before I left the tent. It was a sign to come to the tent where I was staying when I finished talking with Han Soyoung.

My brother smiled brightly.

*

My brother came to my tent when I skipped dinner, not lunch.

“Oh, Soo-hyun. I'm so tired. Istantel Low Road, really strict.... Huh? Huh? Soo-hyun?”

As soon as my brother came in, I shouted with all my strength, but I straightforward grabbed my shoulder and forced him to sit in the chair. My brother stares at me with embarrassed face.

“I thought I was getting tired of waiting. Now tell me. Go ahead and say it."

As I spoke as if I was petrified, my brother shrunk his shoulders and made an endless look of pity.

“... dear brother. Can we just take a little break? Stantel Low Lord was killing me a little while ago. ”

“Okay, tell me. You can rest while you talk. ”

“Please…. Think of my position to say the same thing twice. ”

“So you won't tell me? You sure you don't want to do this? ”

I stared at him and said, The next thing I'm prepared to say is, "Yes. Then be my guest. 'The tone was very sharp.

Whether he felt that feeling, his brother dropped his head with a resigned face. Then he picks up the drink prepared on the table, panting and sighing heavily.

“Huff…. If that's what you're gonna do. Yeah, I'm so curious about the radish. ”

“Of course they're all curious. What the hell happened while we were attacking? What did he do with Lee Hyo? ”

“Oh my, Lee Hyo-in asked me to pass it on. It's not my fault. Don't swear at me! Go.”

“ ……. ”

… I felt like the voice of benefit was playing automatically in my head, so I shut up for a moment.

Soon, he smiled once, slowly touching his chin and nodding his head.

“Well, okay. I was gonna tell you anyway.... But there's one condition. ”

“Condition? Watch your mouth? ”

“No, it doesn't matter. It'll be revealed sooner or later. I just hope I'm not interrupting anything while I'm talking. Like who?”

“… Huh? ”

I blinked three or four times, thinking it was a fairly unusual condition. Then the older brother kept on touching his chin (I think my chin hurts because he talks a lot.), I suddenly trembled with the face of boredom. It was a very short time, but suddenly I felt sorry for my brother.

“... Was it that bad? ”

“Yes. Very, very bad. Every time I say two or three sentences, I ask for a skewer.... I can't tell you anything. Is he always like that? ”

The brother emphasized again and again.

Then, suddenly, I noticed, and I clear-headed my throat once or twice.

“Hmm. Anyway... Just promise me one thing and I'll tell you right now. From the beginning, everything you wanted. ”

That's why I'm telling you to just listen... If you have any questions, you can just drive around and ask.

I made a promise verbally not to interfere in the middle, and my brother began to tell me one by one what had happened. I listened to my brother quietly.

The beginning of the story was about the structure of the North Continent.

North continents can be divided into five sections (heads).

Central, East, West, South, North.

And three years ago, when I was just starting my second car,

Back then, the West and North were best friends based on the Golden Lion Clan in the middle, and the East and South, which were in conflict with them, also formed an implicit friendship with each other… No, wait.

“Brother. I know this... ”

“You promise?”

… damn it.

Anyway, one day.

There was a significant tectonic shift in the conflicting North continent that appeared subtly or publicly to each other.

It was the first attack on the Iron Mountains.

The Golden Lion, who led the first attack on the Steel Mountains, formed an expedition centered on the west and north of their friendship with them. Eastern and Southern groups were deliberately excluded from organizing.

However, the attack ended miserably enough to feel that it was a failure.

Seven out of 10 attendees died as a result.

The expedition size at the time of its first departure was 5000 people, but fewer than 10% were born.

4700 elite users responsible for the real power of the North Continent (Year 2 - Year 6) were massacred in a single strike.

There were even cases where the clan itself was brutally massacred.

At that time, 'North Continent levels have declined for several years.' It was enormous enough.

Even though they barely made it back alive, the rest of them had to settle for a storm.

With each wealth wrinkled, the clans collapsing one after the other, the balance of power slowly begins to tilt. Before and after the Steel Mountains invasion, central, western, northern, eastern and southern positions began to reverse.

However, the trials did not end there.

A large coalition of western continents and vagrants invaded the North before the wounds healed.

Starting with the surprise of Mule the Northern Cow, western cities such as Halo, Beth and Dorothy were captured. Conventionally, Barbara was humiliated. Literally, the one that got hit by the spill.

He barely managed to defeat them, but North Korea made another unintended sacrifice.

It was clear that the West and the North had become more difficult with this incident. I was in the middle of a whirlwind, but I took an extra hit from the city.

Rather than the entire city being destroyed to the west, the North is the only city that has been destroyed.

Of course, the East also made a trivial sacrifice in retaking Barbara, but the situation is different from the previous two. At least their foundation was in good health.

It is also not to be ignored for its reputation for defeating the mainstay of the Western continent and for obtaining an appealing symbol for its users, Barbara, the symbol of the North continent.

In the beginning, the South was almost as good as taking back a western city.

Thus, the situation of each wealth evolved in various ways, and it took an additional two years.

Since the launch of the central management mechanism, Lee has focused on just one in the last two years. In the meantime, healing the damage accumulated on the North Continent and raising the level of regression to a level that is greater than it used to be.

I couldn't help but notice that the plan was a success.

Since the war, a growing Baby Boom has emerged and recovery has been actively undertaken under the support of central management. New powers also began to emerge quickly.

Such circulation naturally healed wounds on the North Continent, and at some point gave it more power than before.

Don't be.

In a good way, that was it.

On the whole North continent, you can clearly see that the objective of Summoning has been achieved.

But when you think about wealth separately, rather than as a whole, it was not a problem at all.

Otherwise, the balance of forces with each wealth was problematic.

If I looked at it calmly, I had no choice.

Even if the benefits of trying to run this central management organization reasonably, the 'difference' is inevitable as long as the starting line from each side starts differently. If the West and the North spent two years rebuilding cities and putting new users in place, the East and the South were used to restore their original power.

So, if we gave them a few more years, would the West and the North one day be able to regain the old age?

No, it wasn't.

In order for a city to develop, it needs resources such as stabilization through hunting and excavation of ruins.

However, the resources of the North continent are never unlimited. Certainly there are certain limits or limits, and it is difficult to expect further development in a city that has no resources. (It was a little hot when I heard this.)

Not long ago, the North was in a similar state. Users are only growing in time, but the resources are drying up.

Once you reach that kind of saturation, no matter how much time you spend, the city doesn't progress.

If you do well, you'll only get worse at maintaining or fixating.

In the end, there was only one way left.

Pioneering a new continent.

That's why we decided to adopt a plan to target the Second Steel Mountains at the right time.

Attack the Steel Mountains where the users, the Clan, or the North Continent, have been waiting for a long time.

However, not everyone was able to participate because they had waited.

The Central Administrative Organization imposed three conditions to participate in the Steel Ranges siege.

1. 0, Year 1 is not allowed to participate.

2. Selection by clan.

3. Establish expeditions by East, West, South, and North regions.

The first and second conditions were already implemented at the time of the first attack, and the third condition, which was complemented by failures at that time, was the third.

In fact, other small and medium-sized clans were moving swiftly in advance, with the exception of a few large clans that were almost confirmed. The case of attacking the Steel Mountains has been a secret that has been public for months, and the clans who wanted to participate were gathering users early.

because they said they were going to be selected by clans, but that didn't mean that all clans were going to be selected.

Right here, the relationship between the clan and the user starts to get weird.

Of course, there were not many users who wanted to participate in the Steel Mountains raid, and they had to be in a clan to participate.

The clan that wanted to use chi and gather users was born as a bystander, so it was a good thing for the user to do what they thought was likely to do.

However, users are not stupid.

I want to participate in the Steel Mountains raid, but the priority is your own safety. A rosy future is a privilege that must be granted if the target is successful.

It wasn't easy to think about.

The notoriety of the Steel Mountains was such that even the dragons that fell asleep collapsed a few times. What was the outcome of the first expedition led by the Golden Lion, with only its own elite at that time?

I want to participate in the Steel March raid.

But my life is precious.

What decision did the user who weighed these two proposals make?

It's simple

After deciding not to give up, he would have knocked on the door primarily looking for the clan that would best protect his safety. And those clans were focused on the east and the south, not the west and the north.

Right from here on out.

So, from the subsequent release of the third condition, the situation in the north began to become quite hazy.

“When users evaluate clans, there are several criteria. ”

Is it because he's been talking for a long time?

My brother stopped talking for a while and drank all the remaining drinks. And it immediately connects.

“Who are the famous users, what are their funding and support, what are their performance, what are their clan ranks…. ”

In addition to all of those criteria, it was defined as' prestige ', and in the north, there were no prestigious clans that would attract the attention of users.

It was exactly as my brother said.

There are many traditional clans in the east, including the consideration clans. Using the fame and symbolism gained in the war, he continued to recruit users, and the consideration clan later implicitly emerged as a loser in the east.

The South is also very frustrating. While going through several of the events listed by my brother earlier, the area that preserved the most power was the south.

As he continued to expand, he was as powerful as the East, and in doing so, a clan called the Istantelle Low (although I helped him a little.) I began to lose my reputation.

Is that all? Our mercenary clan also swept through all the ruins, achieving the S-rank for the first time in clan history, and attacking as if the dragon had fallen asleep.

“But the North? ”

Suddenly, I kept silent to answer my brother's question. Because I didn't remember anything from the North.

As if I knew it would be so, my brother immediately said.

As I said, the North was in a pretty ambiguous situation. It would be better if I was judged to be outside of the original power like the West. But not all of them, like the West, were as bad as the West, so they were able to recover relatively quickly.

However, it is always' relative '.

Like the old Eastern tradition, it did not boast a thick user base.

Nor was there a clan of outstanding achievements such as the South, or fancy reputation belonging to the 10th placenta.

The newly formed representative clans after the war have no track record and no reputation. I was just in a hurry to keep things going.

Once upon a time there were a large number of prominent clans in the north, including the North Dawn, Stella, and the Furious Lantern. However, it is only the glory of the past, and now it is only a remnant of a faded memory.

Even though he somehow formed the Northern Expedition, there was no guarantee that it would be better than the first expedition three years ago.

Nevertheless, demand may have sought to level up by recruiting enough external users, but it is difficult to expect a large rise, given that they have already crossed once in the east and south.

In other words, the north is better than the west, but it's on the exact Cutline that constitutes the expedition, far from the east or the south.

However, I couldn't help but participate. Unfortunately, there was no justification like the West.

Moreover, if we retreat from here, it was obvious that the north would later walk the path of collapse. There is no reason for users to remain in a region that has no potential for development.

The North has fallen into a great dilemma that neither this nor that.

If you didn't get a ticket from the main clan, the Northern officials were probably aware of this situation.

However, if you do not intend to destroy yourself, participation is essential.

Although he did decide to take part, he was inevitably in trouble for the position of commander in chief.

My brother told me that the North ran into a very severe turban about the position of the Gun Commander.

We're not doing each other, we're not doing each other.

It was originally taken over by the Clan of Common Cities, but it doesn't have to be that way.

The Southern expedition alone. The Blue Wolf, the leader of the Khan's clan, volunteered to take his place in the rear and surrendered his authority to Istantel Row.

However, if there is a big difference between the south and the north, the current situation is quite different.

Han So-young was a Zata admitted user and had quite a reputation. Even if the Blue Wolf retreats, there is a great successor called Istantel Low.

However, there were no users in the north at first (I had to be hot here again. It's because the Beech Tree Clan has passed by with little influence in the north by now.), said that no one wanted to take over. Because being a Gun Commander was such a big responsibility.

It was a place where you could taste sweeter fruits than anyone else if you succeeded, but if you failed, you had to be prepared for the opposite.

And this was the setting where the Puerto Rican Lake could become a gun commander.

Technically, the Reputation Lakes had some reputation, but not enough to take on a gun commander.

But the main clans say, 'I hate gun commanders. I hate gun commanders, too. I said, "Is there anything wrong with that? After being rejected by the revolving tribe, the offer was also offered to Pukho, who was a little far from the priority.

Honestly, I don't know what he was thinking when he accepted the Gun Commander's offer.

But to put it bluntly, the current "Gun Commander" Public Holiday was no more than Madame Face, or a defeat to be discarded.

By the time the Gun Commander was appointed.

At that point one additional variable occurred.

It was the announcement of an initiative to target Mars, planned in the eyes of the user.

Plans to target a volcano.

The plan was the perfect variable to save the expedition that fell into the dilemma. That's why it's simple. At least we'll be able to get through safely to the area where the fire plans are being implemented. It was a relatively high-level plan for the northern expedition.

However.

The eastern movement that followed the announcement of the plan directly foamed expectations of the north. Cho Sung-ho gave the reason that the Eastern expedition was the first force, taking away the opportunity to enter first. As far as the north, it was a good situation to run away from.

There is a clear distinction between the expedition levels in the east and the north. Of course, the law did not say who should go first, but the north wanted to enter clothing itself first.

Even though the East has its own powerful power, it has behaved like a gentleman.

If the East had marched that much further without incorporating the distance in which the flare was launched, then at least they would have understood. At least we can accept that we're doing our best equally.

But the East did not. I calculated the distance from the first entry and sent a report that I had stopped the march and completed the raid within 10 days, exactly 7 days. In the process, I was not attacked in any way.

I have nothing to say to the north that I tried to lose the same way, but it will be even more heartbreaking.

I don't think it's eastern politeness either, but from the northern point of view, it's not.

“ ……. ”

Suddenly, I thought that maybe Han Soyoung was predicting this situation.

Objectively, the true March distance of our Southern expedition is similar to that of the Eastern expedition, but the seal took an additional four days.

Later, however, Han So-young added quite detailed data when reporting the completion of the attack. Characteristics of corpses, monsters, and so on. Even filming battles in pits.

At the time, I thought you were just working hard, but now that you hear it, maybe you were trying to avoid misunderstanding each other.

“Anyway, in that situation... The West and the North. These two areas have a common interest. That's why the Northwest Alliance was born. ”

He said in a slightly rested voice that he was tired of talking.

Northwestern alliance.

The meaning of it just started to come to me differently.

Alignment of interests.

It was exactly as my brother said.

The choice to cooperate with the West was the best thing the North could do in that situation, as long as the strike was determined.

The Hamill Clan is rated with great power. Above all, the existence of a brother who could serve as a commander better than anyone else would have felt like a drought from the northern perspective. So, if you help them attack, they made a charming offer to share the privilege of the future.

The West was the same.

After all, the attack on the Steel Mountains has been a success. And without being part of the official attack in the first place, the West wouldn't have any regrets.

You must have been on a support mission anyway.There's nothing wrong with that.

On the other hand, rather than waiting for the Congo to fall like this, he would have wanted to eat the cake itself, even if only half. From there, the Northern commander said he would hand over all command with the same lagoon, and his brother would have no reason to refuse.

“Phew. That concludes the conversation... ”

Looking at my brother who was lying beautifully on the bed with a fairly weary face, I quietly remembered him.

He clearly understood the meaning of the Northwestern alliance, and he understood that it was a viable situation. It was not a difficult story, just that complex interests were frozen.

“Are you out of your mind now? ”

... And most of all, I suddenly felt sorry for my brother.

A long time ago.

'Soo-hyun, are you sure you don't want to come west?'

My brother once asked me to come to the west in half a prank.

At that time, I heard it. I just thought it was an intention to put me in a safe expedition.

But it wasn't.

He also wanted to attack the Steel Mountains himself as a user, so he would need the help of the Machinery Clan.

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