《Return To Player》 Chapter 1 - 001. Prologue - Bad End No content Chapter 2 - Role Playing Game (1) 002. Role Playing Game (1) TL: Yuidren and Kyue PR: Kyue ¡°Ugh!¡± I exhaled a rough breath as I opened my eyes wide. Perhaps due to what just happened, my whole body was covered in sweat. After some time, I looked around and took a deep breath. ¡°¡­I actually went back.¡± What caught my eye was my old college campus. It was a decent school that was known for it¡¯s beautiful campus and natural scenery. Seeing so many people busily walking around with classes, everything felt abnormal. Before this ¡®game¡¯ happened, this world used to be so peaceful. ¡°The status window still won¡¯t open.¡± Even when I tapped the air with my finger, there was no reaction. In other words, those guys haven¡¯t come yet. I was sitting on the bench, looking calmly at the blue sky. I couldn¡¯t even remember how it felt to be this peaceful. ¡°What are you doing over there?¡± I heard a familiar voice. Turning back, I saw a pretty girl with long black hair standing still, staring at me from afar. She was a familiar person. ¡°Han Jisoo.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± There was this inexplicable feeling that I caught. Jisoo was a girl I got close to during my time in college. She skipped a year in highschool and was a year younger than me, but whenever I sat alone she always spoke to me. We were close friends, and she was a kind person, so even until the end she talked with me. Was this all I could remember about her? ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Is there something on my face?¡± ¡°It¡¯s nothing.¡± When I answered her, Jisoo who was looking at my face said, ¡°aren¡¯t you tired from gaming all night? If you keep doing this, your semester grades won¡¯t be looking so good.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not fine.¡± It¡¯s because next semester won¡¯t even start. Sitting next to Jisoo, I asked her, ¡°what¡¯s the date today?¡± ¡°What? It¡¯s August 17th.¡± Hearing Jisoo, I tilted my head down. August 17th. Indeed, this is when we first got the system message. It said it¡¯ll let me restart the game from the beginning, and it truly returned me to the day this all started. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? No way, you didn¡¯t forget the date because you played games all night?¡± ¡°Yes, that¡¯s right.¡± I literally played a game that risked my life. Someone who has just seen it¡¯s end. Although it was a shitty one where everyone but me died. ¡°That¡¯s not good for your body. You should pay a bit of attention while you¡¯re playing games.¡± ¡°Alright.¡± Jisoo was the type of person who liked to take care of others. She was the only one who came up to me and talked with me while I took the Assa line. I was very grateful to her. ¡°Anyways¡­¡± It looked like Jisoo was about to speak, but she frowned as she spotted someone. ¡°I think I¡¯ll have to go.¡± Her gaze landed on a quite handsome college student. He was someone I knew, Lee Jonghyun. Someone who kept flirting with Jisoo, and mocked me as a gamer. ¡®What happened to this guy again?¡¯ I don¡¯t remember seeing this guy getting out of here, so it was likely this guy couldn¡¯t even clear the first stage. ¡°No, there¡¯s no need to move.¡± ¡°Oh, why? Didn¡¯t you hate meeting him before?¡± Did I? To be honest, I don¡¯t really care now. Back then, I truly was hopeless. If I was ignored or left out, I would just accept it and do nothing to change it. I accepted that this was my fate. Anyways, most of them were inconsiderate but I don¡¯t remember much now. Jisoo frowned as she crossed her arms. ¡°Either way I don¡¯t like him. It¡¯s annoying when he starts talking to me, so let¡¯s move.¡± Jisoo who was talking started looking around for a place to move to, but at one point she stopped. ¡°¡­What¡¯s that?¡± She muttered blankly. Those words gave me a sense of doom. No, it felt a little different from the doom that I¡¯ve felt. ¡®That¡¯s right, those words were the beginning.¡¯ Just like that day. After playing games the night before, Jisoo approached me while I was resting on the bench just like this. And after exchanging a few words, Jisoo said, ¡°What¡¯s that? Are they filming a movie here?¡± Yes, just like that. Somewhere on the campus, green-colored monsters started crawling out of the ground. And as people walked passed, those monsters started laughing and grinning. People who got curious after seeing the monsters started gathering one by one near them. ¡°Wow, what¡¯s this?¡± ¡°Are these costumes?¡± ¡°How small do people have to be to wear them?¡± These people each spat out a line to the green monsters. Some of them even reached out to grab the green monsters. ¡°Let¡¯s go watch as well.¡± Jisoo grabbed my hand. In the past, this hand was also grabbed and I went to see the green monsters as well. I shook my head. ¡°Wait.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°If you wait a little while, you¡¯ll know.¡± People started murmuring and gathering near the green monsters, and after a short while, the small green monsters were covered by the crowd of people. ¡°I¡¯m curious though¡­¡± Jisoo leaned over to see the green monsters through the cracks between the crowd of people. However her curiosity did not last long, as red liquid stained the ground. ¡°Huh?¡± People started running away screaming. ¡°Ahhhhhhhh!¡± ¡°It stabbed a person! What is that??¡± A green monster, commonly known as goblin, held a rusty blood-stained sword. In front of the goblin was the guy who was stabbed, wriggling in pain. ¡°Wh-What are those? Are they actually monsters?¡± Jisoo asked as she tightly grabbed my arm. ¡°Something isn¡¯t right, we need to run!¡± Before Jisoo could finish shouting, roughly 10 or more goblins crawled out giggling maniacally. These goblins attacked anyone nearby them, and because of how sudden this was, people ran away screaming. However, that was a mistake. These goblins had less strength than the average adult, so they liked preying on the weak. And by turning your backs to the goblins was the same as asking to get killed. ¡°Kiikii, kekek.¡± A goblin was approaching us as well. Ready to kill us with its rusty sword. For goblins, murder isn¡¯t a hunt, it¡¯s a game. This is why when goblins kill people, they laugh. ¡°Sehan oppa!¡± Sehan, it¡¯s been a while since someone¡¯s said my name. Jisoo ran next to me while I was sitting. Ah, this was the figure I remember. 10 years prior, as I was frozen, Jisoo hugged me and protected me and her bright red blood covered my body. ¡®That¡¯s right.¡¯ The first death I saw was that of my friend, Jisoo. While she was stabbed by a sword, she told me to run. ¡®I ran away and left that Jisoo.¡¯ Fucking douchebag. I let out a curse. I started to move my still body. This is when the message sounded. [The game will start soon] [Synchronizing before game starts] I clenched my fists as I heard my 2nd chance starting. There was no more cowardly Kim Sehan. I am the solo player that has seen the end of the world. ¡®This time it¡¯ll be different.¡¯ [1st clear privilege allows you to access and purchase from DLC shop] [1st clear privilege allows you to inherit remaining points from the 1st round] [1st clear privilege has granted you access to ¡®Community¡¯. Please use it once synchronization completes] Several messages popped up, but I ignored them all. It was more important to deal with the swiftly approaching goblin. ¡®This time it won¡¯t be like the first.¡¯ This was a 2nd chance that I barely managed to get after all. I won¡¯t repeat the same tragedy twice. This was the promise I made to myself at the beginning of my 2nd chance. ¡°Kwak?!¡± As I abruptly rushed towards the goblin, it let out an embarrassing high-pitched cry. The goblin swung its sword towards my neck, but I avoided it and twisted his arm in the process. Crack! ¡°Kiiiiek!¡± When the goblin¡¯s arm got twisted, it loosened its grip on the sword and it fell to the ground. While falling to the ground, I grabbed the sword and pierced its neck. Fwish! ¡°Hahh.¡± The sense of tearing and piercing flesh. If it was the me from the past, I would be vomiting. However, now I¡¯m numb to it. [You have killed the goblin of the first stage] [300 bonus points will be awarded] ¡®Good.¡¯ You need points to raise your stats or to buy various items you might need or want. You can get them by clearing quests or accomplishing certain achievements. Or you can be sponsored by becoming a god¡¯s avatar. ¡®Wait a minute.¡¯ I recalled the message I heard as I was rushing towards the goblin. ¡®Did it not say that I would inherit the remaining points from the 1st clear?¡¯ After buying the 2nd chance package, there remains 700,000 points. I opened my status window nervously. [Name: Kim Sehan] [Points held: 700,300] ¡°The fuck.¡± I let out a curse. On my status window were the remaining 700,000 points from the previous round. Oh my god, with this I can max out my stats. Of course, there is a cap on the maximum stats you can have each main quest, but still with this many points I can max out my stats several times and still have a generous portion left over. ¡®Or buy items you need from the point shop.¡¯ Either way, this¡¯ll be immensely useful. But¡­ ¡®It wouldn¡¯t be good to raise my stats quickly.¡¯ If I do max out my stats, the difference between me and normal players would be way too big. Especially when the game has just started. Moreover, I might catch the god¡¯s and GM¡¯s attention, causing them to think I¡¯m strange, thus observe me more vigilantly. If that happens, then my main quest will be affected and from then on, whenever I do something, there will be large restrictions on me. ¡°S-Sehan oppa?¡± While I was thinking about how to use my points, Jisoo asked with a trembling voice, ¡°What is that over there? What¡¯s going on?¡± Jisoo was not looking at the goblin that I just killed. This was because there wasn¡¯t just one goblin. ¡°Move! I told you to move!!¡± ¡°What are these monsters!?¡± It didn¡¯t even take 10 minutes for this peaceful campus to turn into a mess. I could hear screams from everywhere and see people running around. And seeing them being chased by small monsters was an awful reality. I didn¡¯t care to respond to Jisoo¡¯s questions. This was because even if I didn¡¯t explain it, she¡¯ll soon find out herself. [Synchronization complete] [You are invited to the game of gods] ¡°Huh?¡± Jisoo opened her eyes wide open. It wasn¡¯t only Jisoo who heard this. The people running away from the goblins all heard the same message. [You have all become players and must complete the main quest] [In the case you fail to clear the main quests, this world will fall] [For more information, please refer to ¡®Help¡¯] That was the end of the message. And of course, it was hard for people to accept such a one-sided message. ¡°W-What do you mean?! That this is a game?!¡± ¡°Ahh, save me!¡± ¡°Ah fuck!¡± This surrounding area was a mess. There were people shouting at the sudden message, and those fighting against the goblins. ¡°Sehan oppa¡­ what is the meaning of this?¡± Jisoo asked me with a blank face. If she was smart enough, she would¡¯ve probably figured out the situation that we were in to an extent. ¡°You heard that right? It¡¯s exactly as they said.¡± I pointed my finger towards the sky. ¡°It¡¯s a story where some people far above the sky turned our world into a game board for us to play on. ¡°Game board¡­? What do you mean?¡± Jisoo asked with a confused face. Yes, this is how most people would react. They wouldn¡¯t be able to understand what¡¯s happening to their world. However, if you can¡¯t understand your situation, you¡¯ll die. Since this is the reality this world has become. ¡°This strange sound you just heard. This notification window, can¡¯t you see it?¡± ¡°I-I can see it.¡± Jisoo slowly nodded and looked around. The scenery I first saw. Jisoo was now looking at it with me. Chapter 3 Jisoo stood quietly, organizing her thoughts with what I said. I looked at Jisoo and looked around. Since I thought it was about time for them to show up. ¡®They¡¯re here.¡¯ Porolong. Small eyeballs were floating in the air under the blue sky. The problem is that it¡¯s not just one or two. It was a very bizarre sight, but it was a familiar sight to me. ¡®Observers.¡¯ It¡¯s the name of those eyeballs. The eyes of the Gods and GM. Through those eyes, the Gods who participate in the game can watch the players¡¯ actions carefully and decide whether to participate directly or continue to watch. The observers here are observers directly controlled by the GM and are common observers that the gods can move directly using points. Observers can be divided into individual observers that can only be used by gods who have chosen their ¡®Avatar¡¯. All of the observers present here are observers controlled by the GM. ¡®Was the local GM here in Korea Acartus?¡¯ Among the GMs, he was in a position that was neither good nor bad. ¡®The observers are here now, so they¡¯ll be coming to this server soon.¡¯ A notification window appeared in the air. [The Korean server managed by GM Acartus has been opened.] [Currently, 53 users are participating.] [From now on, you can access ¡®Community¡¯.] 53 people. It was the same number as I remembered. For reference, ¡®user¡¯ means ¡®god¡¯ who participates in the game. Those who chooses us, the players and enjoy the game. They watch the game through an observer, and when they find a player they like, they ask them to be their ¡®Avatar¡¯. A player who becomes an avatar will be able to inherit the characteristics of the user, that is, the god, and will be able to receive points from the god. Points are stats and various items. And since it is an important resource necessary for skill enhancement, there is a big difference between avatars supported by Gods and other normal players. ¡®Moreover, players who didn¡¯t become avatars are treated as NPCs, so everyone was desperate to become the avatars of gods.¡¯ Of course, I was one of them. Having not had a good start, I was desperately obsessed with getting stronger. And as a result, I became the avatar of a god, but I realized too late that it was an incorrect choice. ¡®Anyway.¡¯ I cleared the notifications floating in the air and carefully looked at the remaining notification at the bottom. ¡®What does it mean by being able to connect to the community?¡¯ In a message I heard just before the fight with the goblin, it mentioned that I had gained community access. ¡®It¡¯s pretty easy to use.¡¯ When I checked the help in the corner of the notification window, I came up with a rough access method. ¡®You can say ¡®Access Community¡¯, or just click the icon in the status window.¡¯ When I checked the status window, I saw an icon called ¡®Access Community¡¯. ¡°Sehan Oppa.¡± As I was reading the description of the community connection skill in detail, Jisoo, who had already gathered up her thoughts, spoke to me. ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°It¡¯s hard to understand, but I think I understand a little bit. Since monsters like these don¡¯t suddenly appear in reality. Moreover, this notification window¡­..is not something you see everyday.¡± Jisoo raised her finger and scanned the air. Probably to point at the notification window she is seeing. ¡°In addition, the strange sound that I heard in my head.¡± ¡°Right. We don¡¯t see this kind of notification or hear a message like that in the normal reality we knew.¡± ¡°Fuuu¡­.right.¡± Jisoo nodded her head. Then she didn¡¯t ask me anymore questions. Trying to accept this situation in her own way. ¡®She¡¯s pretty calm.¡¯ I just thought that, even in this situation, she did not panic like everyone else. Most people were busy running away from the goblins while screaming like crazy. For reference, there were no goblins approaching us. Probably because I killed a goblin easily in an instant. I guess they are trying to focus on the fleeing prey rather than touching me, who is currently standing still. Jisoo was also aware of that fact, so she got closer to me and opened her mouth carefully. ¡°We have to clear the main quest, but what is the main quest?¡± ¡°They¡¯ll tell us soon.¡± Since users came in, it was clear that a notification window would pop up soon even if the players didn¡¯t like it. Unsurprisingly, a large notification window appeared in the air as soon as I thought about it. == Main Quest 1: Escape the University Campus! From now on, there will be a lot of goblins targeting you. You must either avoid them or defeat them to successfully escape from the university. Difficulty: E Time Limit; 2 days == [The main quest has begun, the quest clear reward varies according to the level of achievement of each player.] Porolong, At the same time as the notification window popped up, several observers appeared and scattered all over the place. To shoot scenes that the gods might like. ¡°Sehan Oppa, what is that?¡± Jisoo raised her finger to see if she had just discovered the observers. ¡°I¡¯ll explain later, let¡¯s move first.¡± ¡°We¡¯re moving? Where to?¡± The bewildered Jisoo asked me, but her questions were neatly buried in screams from all directions. ¡°Ahhh! help me!¡± ¡°What the fuck!¡± At the same time as the alarm announcing the start of the quest, goblins hiding in the grass rushed out. Until now, only a few had been running around, but now the number increased to several dozen at once. ¡°Keeek!¡± Each of the goblins wielded a blunt sword and swung it at people indiscriminately. Choak! ¡°Aaaah!¡± Bright red blood soaked the floor. ¡°Run!¡± ¡°Yes, yes!¡± As the numbers increased, a group of goblins came running to us as well. Me and Jisoo ran at full speed avoiding the goblins. Other people started to group together, but we were running in a direction where there were the least amount of people. Behind us, several are goblins chasing us. ¡°There are other people there¡­.¡± Jisoo clasped my hand with an anxious face. Jisoo unable to say anything, I slowly stopped my feet and said, ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°There won¡¯t be many casualties yet. Goblins have similar muscle strength as adult males.¡± In addition, everybody was scattered and were attacked indiscriminately, but when people start to unite, it will be in a state of lull for a while. ¡®Until the Hobgoblin appears.¡¯ The Hobgoblin is the boss monster that leads these goblins. You can call it a stage boss. After the monster wave is repeated several times, a Hobgoblin will appear, and the goblins it leads will sweep away the people who are clustered together. ¡®So¡­¡­.¡¯ I took another step forward. [You have entered the safe zone.] ¡°Eh?¡± Jisoo¡¯s eyes widened at the sudden message. ¡°A safe zone?¡± ¡°If this is a game, there will be areas where monsters can¡¯t enter. And that place would probably be a safe zone.¡± ¡°Oh¡­¡­. That¡¯s right.¡± In fact, this safe zone was a place I came into by chance while running away with tears in my eyes in my previous life. I wasn¡¯t feeling very well, so I needed a place to pass some time. ¡°Kieek?¡± ¡°Kieek?¡± The group of goblins who were chasing us made unpleasant cries towards us as we entered the safe zone. Then they looked around and ran in a different direction. ¡°We survived¡­.¡± Jisoo, who had been frozen by the group of goblins surrounding the safe zone, sat down as the tension had finally resolved. ¡°First of all, let¡¯s spend some time here and move.¡± ¡°Ah yes.¡± Jisoo answered with a tired smile. In fact, unlike her, I wasn¡¯t exhausted at all, but I thought I should prepare properly and then start moving again. There it is. ¡®Because I still have eyes to watch out for.¡¯ I cast my gaze into the grass. There was a small eyeball staring at us. It¡¯s the observer following us since we started running. Perhaps he saw us moving independently of other people and wanted to see what we were going to do. ¡®Go away, go away.¡¯ The reason observers observe us is simple. For the fun of the gods watching players through the observer. In other words, if it¡¯s not fun, they won¡¯t watch it. If you watch someone doing nothing in a playthrough, then it¡¯s not worth watching. Sheik. After sitting still for about 30 minutes without doing anything, the observer trembled and moved to another location. That was faster than expected. ¡®He¡¯s impatient.¡¯ That¡¯s why Acartus can¡¯t become a top-tier GM. He has no such thing as patience. ¡®It¡¯s good for me.¡¯ After confirming that the observer had completely disappeared, I opened the status window. ¡®Is it better to check the DLC store first? Or¡­..¡¯ Let¡¯s connect to the community. I thought about it for a while and decided to use the community access skill. I thought it would be better to see exactly what ¡®community¡¯ is and move on. ¡°Access community.¡± As I muttered the ignition key, the air suddenly flashed. Paah! ¡°Ugh?!¡± I was surprised for a moment and inhaled a rush of wind, but looking at the reaction of Jisoo, who was quietly next to me, it seems that it was only seen by me. ¡®That surprised me.¡¯ As I calmed my beating heart, a large notification window appeared in front of me. No wait, this doesn¡¯t look like a notification window¡­¡­ ¡®A web browser?¡¯ It looks like an internet community site. [¡®Earth¡¯ has been selected as the location for the newly opened role-playing game.] That is the most striking phrase on the window. A large banner caught my eye as a new game had been opened and advertised. ¡®It¡¯s like this?¡¯ I¡¯m starting to get a rough idea of what the community is. When I opened the banner and entered, I was directed to a website. It was the site of the newly opened online game ¡®Earth¡¯. ¡®Free bulletin board, strategy bulletin board¡­. And then a chat room.¡¯ It was structured like an ordinary online game community site. The only difference is that the user is not a human but a ¡®god¡¯. When I looked through the free bulletin board, I could a few articles posted by the ¡®gods¡¯. Well, since the game hasn¡¯t been open for a long, most of it was just a courtesy message like ¡®Congratulations on the opening.¡¯ ¡®Then how about a chat room?¡¯ There were currently no posts on the free bulletin board or the strategy bulletin board, so my interest was in the chat room. After a bit of hesitation, I clicked on the chat room. [Anonymous guest No. 48 entered.] As I entered the chat room, a familiar phrase appeared. ¡®The way it¡¯s used is also not different from a normal internet chat.¡¯ The approximate UI and the way to use it were the same. When you press the left panel that appeared in the air, a keyboard appears. Greek Captain: Who is the anonymous god who just came in? No introduction? For a moment, my heart dropped at the writing that sniped me just by looking at it. Do I have to reveal my identity the moment I come in? Missing one eye: Ugh, this old-fashioned bastard is at it again. There are a lot of gods who just created an ID for this game that just opened. Greek Captain: Do you want to introduce yourself? I barely swallowed the insults that would have flowed into their conversation. ¡®Can you not surprise me like that?¡¯ The chat that followed was just a pointless story. The moment I was surprised, I felt embarrassed and wanted to write something, but I decided to keep quiet. In the first place, there were so many anonymous people that no god was interested in me. Anonymous22: What server are you guys joining? I¡¯m on the American server right now. Faster than lightning: I¡¯m not joining any yet. Anonymous 62: I¡¯m in China. Greek Captain: What, no god from the Korean server? My eyes widened at the sudden mention of the Korean server. However, among the gods who participated in the chat room, the reaction was extremely cold as there was no one watching the Korean server. One-eyed Mia: Isn¡¯t their GM Acartus? I¡¯ve seen his quests, and the quests are just normal. Captain Greece: But he got some really good players. There was a cute girl earlier. One-eyed Mia: Do you choose your avatars based on appearances? Greek Captain: I never choose males. One-eyed Mia: Heeh, even before the first main quest is over, you¡¯ve already picked an avatar? Greek Captain: I thought I would, but a certain bastard was standing next to her. After running away for a while with the girl, they entered the safe zone. The game is tempting: They are already in the safe zone? How did they find it? Greek Captain: I think they just got lucky. But they¡¯re not doing anything, so the Observer moved away after a while. I read the chat up to there and then closed the window. Because I decided that there was no more information to be obtained. ¡®¡­..That was probably our story.¡¯ Participating in a chat room may not be all of the Gods participating in the game, but I could approximately see the public opinion. ¡®The Observer seems to have completely lost interest in us.¡¯ If there was an observer nearby, there would be no reason that the Greek captain would not have mentioned it. ¡®It¡¯s not bad, is it?¡¯ As the game progresses a little later, I will be able to get various information through the community. Especially when it comes to choosing an ¡®Avatar¡¯. ¡®I need to check it regularly.¡¯ More importantly, I can also write in it. This will be a huge advantage. It means I can manipulate the information flowing between the gods. ¡®Now that I¡¯ve finished checking the community, now I should¡­.¡¯ I opened the DLC shop, which I had put off for a while to check out the community. I looked through the sales list with a serious face. The community was important, but in fact, it was this one that really mattered. Chapter 4 Most of the items on display consisted of packages that could be afforded with the number of points I have. ¡®Growth Boost Package. Lucky Drops Package¡­..¡¯ Most of it hasn¡¯t been unlocked yet, but it will probably get unlocked gradually when the main quests are cleared one by one. ¡®This is probably the most important package here, but it hasn¡¯t been unlocked yet.¡¯ What caught my eye was the ¡®First Round Inheritence Package¡¯. Although the ban hasn¡¯t been lifted yet, I knew roughly what kind of package it was just by its name. ¡®I don¡¯t know if it is possible to inherit all of them or only part of them¡¯ I don¡¯t think it¡¯ll give me all of them. However, even if only part of it could be inherited, the enormous advantage I would gain did not change. ¡®Zep.¡¯ I licked my lips in disappointment and glanced at the other items. ¡®If there is anything else special about these¡­..¡¯ I can¡¯t buy anything that hasn¡¯t been unlocked anyway, so I looked through the list of things that can be purchased first. ¡®Huh?¡¯ There was one package that stood out. ¡®Multiplayer Package?¡¯ [You played single player in the first round! Have fun playing with your colleagues in the second round!] ¡­.what are you talking about? I didn¡¯t understand the vague description for a moment, but I had no choice but to think carefully about the package composition that followed. ¡®So to speak, is it a ¡®party¡¯? That¡¯s what multiplayer means.¡¯ If you have a party, you will have a contractual relationship with me, the party leader, and you will not be able to betray each other. The fixed upper limit is up to five people. The party leader can banish party members, but party members can¡¯t. ¡®In addition to the skill proficiency bonus, various benefits such as skill sharing are provided.¡¯ It was definitely a striking composition. But there was one problem. ¡®A whopping 20,000 points.¡¯ I have 700,000 points, but this amount is usually very expensive. ¡°Everyone, come here!¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know what is happening, but it will be fine if we stay together¡± ¡°All these monsters, George!¡± While I was browsing through the DLC store, people started to gather one by one. I couldn¡¯t hear their voices very well because I moved to a place far away from people. ¡°You bastards, die!¡± ¡°Where are the weapons, get some weapons! Ahhhh!¡± Those who fought by stealing weapons the goblins were holding, and those who fell bleeding. In the first main quest, the only monsters that appeared were goblins, so it was easy to respond. Seeing the scene, Jisoo asked. ¡°Are we going to stay here?¡± ¡°No.¡± Now it¡¯s time to move slowly. Most observers are watching that place where people are clustered together. Or those fighting the goblins to get out. ¡°Then we¡¯ll start moving again. Follow me.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Jisoo followed me silently without asking me this or that. ¡®Is she not going to ask me anymore? She¡¯s so calm¡­¡­¡¯ I prepared some words to explain to Jisoo what is happening right now, but it seems that that was no longer necessary. I wonder if Jisoo is the one who is adapting faster to this situation than me. ¡®But this is better than asking questions all the time.¡¯ It¡¯s not that I¡¯m taking Jisoo with me without thinking. Before clearing the first stage this time, I have a request for Jisoo. ¡®First of all, let¡¯s buy this.¡¯ I bought one package and two items from the DLC store and closed the system window. Then I held out the rusty sword in my hand to Jisoo, who was waiting for me to speak. ¡°Here.¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t this the weapon Sehan-Oppa stole from the goblin? If you give this to me, then what about you?¡± ¡°I can just steal a sword again. You¡¯re in more danger than me anyway.¡± Jisoo was stunned at my casual words. ¡°Are you really Sehan-oppa? No, wait, He was strange in the place¡­¡­.¡± ¡°I was strange in the first place?¡± ¡°Ah, no, it¡¯s just that¡­.¡± I was a little curious as to what the hell she usually thought of me. Jisoo added hastily before I could ask any more questions. ¡°Anyway, I understand. I will use it well.¡± ¡°It¡¯s a rusty sword, so its durability won¡¯t be so good. So just use it for self-defense and not for attacking.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± As she held the weapon in her hand, Jisoo¡¯s face hardened as if she was starting to get a little nervous. ¡°And take this too.¡± ¡°Yes? What else is there?¡± I held out a green brooch to Jisoo. Jisoo looked at it for a moment and then asked. ¡°Is it something like an item? Where did you find it?¡± ¡°I¡­..killed a goblin and got it. But how do you know about items? ¡°When it comes to games, there are things like items. I don¡¯t play games often, but I do have some knowledge from Sehan-Oppa.¡± Jisoo said so and spread out her chest. It¡¯s a pretty euphoric face. ¡®Actually, it didn¡¯t come from a goblin.¡¯ This is a brooch I just bought at the DLC shop for 10,000 points. I bought two, so it was 20,000 points. It was a considerable expenditure, but considering the effect of the item, it was a cheap expenditure. == VIP Brooch: Speeds up wound recovery. Increases the number of points acquired by 20%. == It was a pretty vague explanation. But the effect was excellent. ¡®The wound recovery alone is worth 20,000 points.¡¯ Reality has become a game, but it¡¯s over when you die. The VIP brooch, which constantly heals wounds, was worth it. As a bonus, the number of points acquired increases by 20% is also sweet. ¡®If only I could get these items in my previous life.¡¯ It was disappointing in many ways. There was a point shop that normal players use, but compared to the DLC shop, they only sold insignificant items. When you play online games, the items sold in the town¡¯s equipment shop are all about store tickets. ¡°I¡¯m done putting it on.¡± ¡°Okay, this way¡± After I checked that Jisoo was wearing the VIP brooch, we moved to our destination. We moved quietly to avoid the goblins wandering around. ¡®It would be possible to kill all the goblins if I raise all my stats with points.¡¯ I shook my head. If I did that, even if I just shook off the Observer, it was clear that I would immediately be noticed again. If a player of a game that has just started does such a thing, it will certainly raise suspicion and vigilance. ¡®I have to clear this with a minimum investment of points.¡¯ Just be careful in the beginning. So I made up my mind and went on my way. ¡°There is a monster over there.¡± Jisoo whispered in a low voice. ¡®Distribute 10 points to Strength.¡¯ Since it is still in its early stages, the amount of points required to purchase 1 point of stats is only 10 points. It¡¯s like a pack of chewing gum to me. swish! I picked up a stone that was on the floor and aimed it at the goblin¡¯s cervical spine. I am going to kill it instantly before he finds us. Fallak! ¡°Kak!¡± The goblin fell with a blunt sound that broke his bones. ¡°Wow.¡± Jisoo muttered blankly, not knowing that I would throw a stone that would kill the goblin instantly. ¡°Sehan-Oppa, how do you throw stones like that? Were you David in your previous life?¡± ¡°If you practice, you can do it right away.¡± ¡°Really?¡± I nodded. It¡¯s not wrong to say that if you repeat throwing something, you will develop throwing skills. ¡°But if you want to get out of college, it¡¯s not this way, is it?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± ¡°Then why are we going this way?¡± ¡°It¡¯s not that difficult to get out, but when you do get out, everyone who remained will die.¡± Jisoo tilted her head and seemed to ponder what I meant for a moment. And then, she opened her mouth with a confused face that said, ¡°Sehan-Oppa is trying to help others?¡± It¡¯s like saying my behavior is unexpected. But on the contrary, I was surprised by Jisoo. When I ran away earlier, I looked at people with pity, but now that my thoughts are organized. ¡®I knew that Jisoo had a wall with other people except me.¡¯ Jisoo had quite a few friends and a sociable personality. But I did not know that she was discriminating between those who should be saved and those who were not. More than anything else, Jisoo was the person who sacrificed herself to save me in my previous life. ¡®I hope she will keep being like this.¡¯ I was curious to see how Jisoo divides people, but I decided to clear up Jisoo¡¯s question briefly. ¡°That¡¯s right. I¡¯m not going to let people here die.¡± ¡°Why? Sehan-Oppa is not the type to help others.¡± Well, I was. I used to be like that ¡®I only looked at what was profitable, and thought only of surviving whether everybody else dies or not.¡¯ At that time, I didn¡¯t think that my actions were bad or that I was wrong. But now I¡¯m sick of living like that. In addition, if she thinks the actions I¡¯m trying to do now are just volunteering, that¡¯s not the case. I quietly opened my mouth to Jisoo. ¡°Think carefully. This is a game.¡± ¡°And?¡± ¡°You were there when the main quest notification window popped up. The level of rewards will vary depending on the level of achievement for each player.¡± ¡°Ah, I remember.¡± Jisoo does not easily forget anything she heard once, as long as her brain is in good condition. Thanks to this, my explanation was very easy. ¡°Then how do you raise the achievement level?¡± ¡°That¡­.¡± Jisoo had a troubled face. I responded lightly to such Jisoo. ¡°It¡¯s simple. It¡¯s about achieving achievements.¡± ¡°Achievements?¡± ¡°Yeah, to put it simply, there is a contribution for each quest. There is one end goal, but the reward depends on how you get there.¡± ¡°How you get there¡­.¡± ¡°Yeah, to put it simply, what we¡¯re doing now is helping others escape. what others didn¡¯t do. And we do what they should have done. Then, as long as it¡¯s a ¡®game¡¯, we will inevitably receive some form of reward.¡± This is reality but at the same time not our reality. The world thoroughly follows the rules of the game, as long as the gods are on top of the game board. Jisoo didn¡¯t seem to fully understand what I was saying, but she slowly nodded her head as if she understood to some extent. ¡°Okay. I understand.¡± As a bonus, it¡¯s my personal opinion, but I felt reassured that there were as many people alive as possible. It¡¯s because I realized in my previous life that living alone would only lead to loneliness. ¡°I¡¯m still worried.¡± I said in a light tone to Jisoo, who was in the depths of water. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. It¡¯s not that difficult.¡± If it was the old me, it would have been unreasonable. But not now. ¡®It¡¯s the 2nd round.¡¯ There was nothing wrong with aiming for an all-clear. We moved carefully to avoid the goblins. Occasionally, we would fight when we meet, but we dealt with it as quietly as possible. 30 minutes after that. We almost reach our destination. ¡°I think there are too many goblins here.¡± Jisoo muttered in a tense tone. Jisoo¡¯s helpless muttering made me understand inwardly. Because a huge number of goblins were gathered around. ¡°Kieek!¡± ¡°Keeek!¡± The goblins shouted as they looked inside the university campus where humans were gathered. ¡®Approximately the amount of the 2nd and 3rd waves.¡¯ The hobgoblin¡¯s orders weren¡¯t given yet, so these guys were waiting quietly. ¡°You¡¯re not going to fight them, are you?¡± ¡°¡­..I actually am thinking of fighting them.¡± ¡°¡­..¡± ¡°I¡¯m kidding.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t joke like that, it sounded like you were doing it for real.¡± Jisoo trembled. I smiled and continued speaking at the sight of Jisoo like that. ¡°But we have to get through those goblins. We need to go deeper, exactly.¡± ¡°But there is no other way there¡­.¡± ¡°Right. So, we have to go through it.¡± At my words, Jisoo¡¯s face turned pale. ¡°Then we have to fight after all!¡± ¡°No, I¡¯m the only one fighting.¡± ¡°¡­¡­ How?¡± I picked up a branch and drew a rough map. ¡°The fact that the goblins are so united means that there¡¯s a guy who controls them. The guys who are released here are fighting people in the square right now.¡± ¡°Yeah, I guess.¡± ¡°Right? In particular, there is a big difference between goblins with and without a leader. It¡¯s a swarm creature, so when the boss dies, it panics and runs rampant. Then it will be easy to deal with them.¡± ¡°How do you know it so well, Sehan-Oppa?¡± At my words, Jisoo asked with a puzzled face. I answered bluntly. ¡°That¡¯s what RPGs are all about.¡± ¡°Really¡­.?¡± Jisoo tilted her head with a doubtful face but didn¡¯t ask anymore. ¡°Anyway, the simple strategy is that I am going to kill the Goblin Captain deep down there.¡± ¡°But it seems unreasonable to go through those goblins.¡± ¡°Right, so I have a plan.¡± I drew straight to the branches and moved the goblin horde. ¡°You¡¯re luring those goblins and dragging them all away.¡± ¡°Jeez, me?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯ll give you the items I got earlier.¡± ¡°What kind of goblin comes out with so many items?¡± ¡°Maybe the goblin I caught was a treasure goblin.¡± ¡°A treasure goblin¡­..¡± When I took out an item from my pocket and said, Jisoo turned with a doubtful face again. In the first place, there was no way for me to get what could be called an ¡®item¡¯ in the current situation, but Jisoo had no choice but to trust me. Chapter 5 ¡°All right¡­.. So, I just have to lure those goblins away?¡± ¡°Yeah, then I¡¯ll go inside the opening and kill the Goblin Captain.¡± To be precise, it¡¯s a Hobgoblin, but I want to explain it as simply as possible, Jisoo¡¯s head nodded slowly. ¡°Then how can I lure them in? If those goblins are being ordered by a leader, they wouldn¡¯t follow me even if I tried to lure them away.¡± ¡°There¡¯s a good item I got.¡± The package I bought at the DLC store earlier was the ¡®Starter Package¡¯. Simply put, it was a low-cost, high-efficiency package with a lot of helpful items at the beginning of the game. The price was 500 points, so there was no need to hesitate to buy. ¡°Spray this on yourself and the goblins will start swarming towards you.¡± All I gave her was a bottle of perfume and a potion. == Perfume of Temptation: Attracts monsters around you. Impervious to strong monsters. Duration 30 minutes. == == Stealth Potion: When consumed, completely hides the user¡¯s presence. Duration 5 minutes. == The perfume of temptation only works with low-level monsters, so it doesn¡¯t work for the Hobgoblin, but for normal goblins, it was enough. And if you drink the stealth potion, even if you spray the perfume of temptation on your body, the smell disappears at once and you will also disappear. ¡°Simply put, you can spray it on your body, lure the goblins from a distance, and then take a stealth potion when they come near.¡± ¡°All right.¡± ¡°But then, the goblins will be back soon, will you be okay?¡± ¡°As long as I have time to get to their captain, it¡¯s over.¡± Killing the Hobgoblin itself is not a problem. And when the Hobgoblin dies, they won¡¯t be able to fight properly due to the shock of losing their captain. ¡°All right. So can I go right now?¡± ¡°Wait, first stand in the direction I gave you, and when I give you a signal, spray the perfume on yourself.¡± After estimating the distance at which the scent of perfume spreads, I placed Jisoo in an appropriate place. ¡°Okay.¡± The physical abilities of the goblins are no different from those of ordinary humans, and Jisoo has quite good physical abilities, so it will not be easy to catch her at this distance. If it gets dangerous, she can drink the stealth potion. ¡®Now, then.¡¯ I stared at the vacant lot where the goblins were huddled together and signaled to Jisoo. ¡®Run.¡¯ Jisoo nodded her head, sprayed perfume on her body, and started running. ¡°Keeek?¡± ¡°Kiik, Kiik!¡± The goblins began to wrinkle their noses. The effective range of the perfume of temptation is about 100 meters. Nearly half of the goblins turned around at once, and the rest began to roar. ¡°Kyaaaak!!¡± Naturally, the Hobgoblin¡¯s reaction to this as the captain of the Goblins was intense. He roared wildly and swung his large great sword, but the goblins were not listening to the Hobgoblin anymore. ¡°Kyaak! Kyak!¡± The Hobgoblin¡¯s control collapsed and the goblins began to move. As the group moved in the direction where Jisoo was, Jisoo saw it and started to run away faster. ¡®It won¡¯t last long.¡¯ Even if there was a certain distance and Jisoo was good at running, I don¡¯t think she would earn much time. A person who lived a normal life until recently is being chased by monsters. If the Goblins were to get even a little closer, she should consume the stealth potion right away. Sussuk! ¡®I need to kill the Hobgoblin as fast as possible.¡¯ The moment Jisoo¡¯s presence is gone, half of the goblins who pursued perfume will either return or disperse. When that happens, their eyes would be drawn in this direction. ¡°Cruck?¡± The Hobgoblin¡¯s eyes moved when it sensed my presence. The Hobgoblin was a goblin, but its size was comparable to that of an orc. In addition, the Hobgoblin was stronger than most orcs. ¡®Well, it¡¯s not a hidden boss for nothing.¡¯ A hidden boss is literally a boss that is hidden in the stage where the main quest takes place. There is no need to kill them, but if you do kill them, you can get special rewards. This Hobgoblin was such a hidden boss. ¡®Of course, he¡¯s not that strong for a hidden boss.¡¯ If people say it¡¯s hard to kill this boss, it¡¯s not, but it is a very difficult opponent for those who just became players. In addition, the real problem lies in the countless hordes of goblins commanded by the Hobgoblin. Originally, the Hobgoblin appeared last and took on the role of leading the horde to annihilate the remaining humans. The people who were waiting for the rescue, unable to face the change in the world, all died. ¡®That¡¯s why the first quest had the highest number of deaths.¡¯ But that won¡¯t happen this time. Boo-woong! ¡°kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!¡± The Hobgoblin swung the large great sword he was holding. The sword¡¯s large size is more for ripping things off, rather than cutting. ¡®20 points for Agility.¡¯ I invested in Agility to match its speed and increased my speed. ¡°Kieek?¡± Qua Qua Qua Qua Qua! As I twisted my body to dodge the sword, a look of embarrassment crept into the Hobgoblin¡¯s eyes. It seems that he did not think that a being who had just become a player could avoid its sword. While avoiding the great sword, I penetrated the Hobgoblin¡¯s chest. Then, while he was adjusting his sword, I poked my finger into the eye of the monster who was just standing limply. ¡°Ugh!¡± Pooh!! A soft texture was felt on my fingers. Hobgoblins have thick skin, but the cornea of its eyes was not as thick. ¡°Kyaaaaaaaa!!¡± The guy screamed loudly. Blindly swung his large great sword, I pulled out the finger I from his eyes and grabbed the guy¡¯s right arm, and twisted it as hard as I can The Hobgoblin, whose field of vision was narrowed by losing one of his eyes, had no choice but to allow me to attack. Puk! ¡°Kak!¡± Because I invested points into my Strength while throwing the stone earlier, when I put all my strength into my arms, the Hobgoblin¡¯s arm twisted and made a dull sound. I didn¡¯t manage break it, but it was enough to make the sword in his hand fall. ¡°Goodbye.¡± Picking up the fallen greatsword, I kicked the Hobgoblin¡¯s crotch. To decapitate the Hobgoblin with my strength, the only way was to hit it down with the weight of the sword. ¡°Kaaak!¡± I slashed the great sword vertically towards the neck of the hobgoblin, who lost his balance and bent his knees. Kwajik!! The Hobgoblin¡¯s head was cut in half with a hoarse sound, like an ax cutting wood. I wiped the sweat from my forehead when I saw the figure of a Hobgoblin that died without even being able to get over what was happening. ¡°Fuuuh¡­.¡± I was a little tired because my body had yet fully to adapt to this world. [You have defeated the Hidden Boss.] [You have defeated the first Hidden boss.] [You have acquired ¡®Hobgoblin¡¯s Girdle¡¯ as a reward for defeating the boss.] [500 points are paid as a bonus] The rewards were savory. It was truly a hidden boss. == Hobgoblin¡¯s Girdle: Strength increases by 10 points. This number is not affected by the main quest limit. == ¡®The item is also worth using.¡¯ 10 points were not that high, but the fact that it was not affected by the main quest was excellent. I put on the girdle and checked my current stats. == Name: Kim Se-Han Title: 2nd chance player Traits: Single Player Strength: F (17 +10) Agility: F (26) Magic: F (3) Stamina: F (6) Owned Skills: None == You can increase your stats from F to SS, but there are limits to what you can increase it to for each main quest. Now, the first main quest, F rank 100 is the limit. If you exceed 100, your rank will go up, so you have no choice but to increase it in the next quest. ¡®The higher the rank, the more points you need to increase your stats.¡¯ I closed the window, thinking if I should raise my stats a little more. It was better to raise it when it was needed, and my body had not yet fully adapted to this world. [The goblins who lost their captain are perplexed.] All the players on campus have probably received this message. ¡®I¡¯ll have to get out of here quickly then.¡¯ The Gods and the GM would have noticed the anomaly that happened to the Hobgoblin, so It¡¯s understandable if the Observers start arriving here soon. ¡®Is this the direction Jisoo ran away to?¡¯ I followed the direction Jisoo had run in earlier, but strangely, the goblins were nowhere to be seen. ¡°Weird. The goblins should have arrived here.¡± Maybe I killed the Hobgoblin too quickly? As I was thinking about it, I heard the cry of goblins in my ears. ¡°Kyaak! Kyaaaah!¡± A huge number of goblins were rushing in this direction. ¡®Now they¡¯re here¡­¡­huh?¡¯ I approached the goblins thinking that they had finally returned, but their behavior was strange. ¡®They don¡¯t look lost or confused¡­.¡¯ It¡¯s like they¡¯re running away in fear. My eyes narrowed and I started running towards the place where the goblins were fleeing from. When I arrived at the back of the building a little far from the Hobgoblin, I finally understood why the goblins fled. ¡°Ah¡­¡­Sehan-Oppa. You¡¯re here?¡± Because Jisoo was standing there, soaked in green blood. Of course, that blood was not Jisoo¡¯s own blood, but the blood of goblins. Dang. ¡°Haha.¡± Whisk. Jisoo dropped the rusty sword in her hand to the floor and sat down. She looked quite exhausted and was panting quite heavily. ¡®Even with how weak goblins are¡­.killing so many by herself?¡¯ The number of goblins lying around was not just one or two. More than ten goblins were lying there and were turned into corpses. Of course, it was a small number compared to the mass of goblins that Jisoo was dragging, but it is not easy for her to kill more than ten goblins by herself. ¡®This is a woman who has only just became a player?¡¯ I could kill as many goblins as I want to, but it¡¯s possible because it¡¯s me. ¡°What the hell happened? What about the stealth potion?¡± ¡°Well, I met some people while I was luring the monsters¡­¡± Jisoo pointed to a corner. There was a couple, a man and a woman, who had fainted. ¡®Lee Jonghyun.¡¯ I¡¯ve seen the woman before, but I didn¡¯t expect to see her again like this. ¡°If it was a face I didn¡¯t know, it would have been fine, but since it was a face I knew, I was taken aback for a moment.¡± Jisoo, who accidentally dropped the potion on the floor, was forced to fight the goblins because she found them while taking out the stealth potion. The pair of men and women were terrified and fainted when they saw Jisoo fighting. ¡®How the hell did you fight?¡¯ Was so gorish that it was enough to make people faint and goblins run away screaming? No matter how many goblins are killed, the number of goblins was more than that. Yet, with their superior numbers, they still ran away, I couldn¡¯t figure out why. ¡°Han Ji-soo.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°If it¡¯s okay, can I see your status window?¡± ¡°Status window? How do I let you see it?¡± Jisoo caught her breath and looked up at me. Had it not been for this situation, she would have looked pretty cute, but she was currently soaked in green blood, so I couldn¡¯t find her adorable. ¡°You could just say ¡®status window¡¯.¡± ¡°Status Window.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll request your information so you just need to accept.¡± ¡°Alright.¡± Jisoo immediately opened her status window and accepted my request. I sighed inwardly at Jisoo¡¯s action of showing her status window willingly. ¡®It¡¯s pleasant for me, but I¡¯d better ask her to be careful when showing it to other people later.¡¯ Your status window should not be displayed recklessly to others. In a world that has changed, it is easy to get stabbed in the back if you accidentally expose your information. ¡®Anyway¡­..¡¯ I turned the status window of Jisoo toward me and looked at it from the top to bottom. At some point, my eyes widened. ¡®What, why is this here?¡¯ Jisoo¡¯s ability level was quite high, but there was nothing special about it. But her skills were different. [Thousand Deaths] The moment I saw the passive skill located at the top of Jisoo¡¯s skill box, I couldn¡¯t help but be astonished. Chapter 6 Thousand Deaths. An extremely rare SS-ranked passive skill. This is the second time I¡¯ve seen this skill. The first time I saw it was from an existence called ¡®Hyulma¡¯ I met in the first round. It was an existence that came from a place called ¡®Jin¡¯, a world where martial arts exist. Hyulma, who I met through a quest, was the strongest person in the other dimension so he made quite an impression on me. ¡®The skill that the ¡®Hyulma¡¯ had was Thousand Deaths.¡¯ I wonder why Jisoo has this. According to the ¡®Hyulma¡¯, beings with this skill have a big chance of losing themselves if they don¡¯t control their power properly¡­.. ¡®If it¡¯s the ¡®fear trigger¡¯ effect of Thousand Deaths, then it makes sense why the goblins ran away.¡¯ Thousand Deaths has a characteristic that causes fear in their opponent. It doesn¡¯t work against people stronger than them, but if it¡¯s goblins, it should¡¯ve been enough. ¡®Jisoo doesn¡¯t show signs of that kind of Thousand Deaths side effects yet. I need to watch over her carefully.¡¯ I looked through the invisible traits box. She allowed me to see her status window but I still could not see her traits¡­. Maybe it¡¯s one of her own unique abilities. ¡®Since I¡¯ve never heard of it from the ¡®Hyulma¡¯, it¡¯s clear that there¡¯s something different in the traits column.¡¯ But even so, the question is why did Jisoo gain this skill? I pondered for a while and asked Jisoo. ¡°Isn¡¯t there something written in the section ¡®traits¡¯?¡± ¡°Yes, there is something written there¡­¡­¡± Jisoo hesitated a little at my question and then nodded her head. ¡°Can you tell me what is written on it?¡± ¡°Um, No¡­..¡± This time, Jisoo shook her head. I wondered what the hell was written on it, but I decided to respect Jisoo¡¯s decision. I could already tell that she trusted me enough to tell me that there is something written there. Traits are usually the same as the basis of our own representation, so even if she doesn¡¯t want to talk about it, I can¡¯t force her to tell me. Just like my ¡®Single Player¡¯. Perhaps she was worried that she didn¡¯t answer me properly, she looked at me and carefully opened her mouth. ¡°Are you angry? If you want me to, I can tell you¡­¡­¡± ¡°No, it¡¯s okay. You don¡¯t have to tell me. It¡¯s just that you have a skill that¡¯s rarer than expected.¡± ¡°A rare skill?¡± I explained to Jisoo about the Thousand Deaths. Except, of course, the madness or crazy things I heard from the ¡®Hyulma¡¯. ¡°Oh, so the more blood I see or smell, the better my condition gets?¡± ¡°Right. The more you see blood, the stronger you get, whether it¡¯s your own blood. Or even the blood of your opponent¡¯s.¡± ¡°That¡¯s¡­.a pretty gruesome skill.¡± Jisoo had a sullen face. It seems that she did not know that she would develop a skill that would make her look like a murderer. However, skills are not so easily manifested. In particular, the fact that Jisoo¡¯s SS-class skill, Thousand Deaths, was manifested is highly likely to have been possessed from the moment she awakened the player in the first place. In a nutshell, Jisoo has the talent for slaughtering. ¡®It¡¯s a great advantage to not be an avatar and to have this level of skill.¡¯ Despite facing numerous goblins, Jisoo¡¯s skin was smooth with no injuries or scars. The wounds were probably healed by the superimposition of the ability of Thousand Deaths and the VIP brooch effect I gave her. It¡¯s a synergy I wouldn¡¯t have expected. This is great, if it¡¯s not an instant death wound, there may be no such things as fatal wounds to Jisoo. ¡®Then¡­..¡¯ I looked at Jisoo and contemplated for a while, then decided. ¡°Then, Han Ji-soo.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± Jisoo, who has the skill Thousand Deaths, would have infinite potential. It would be a waste to leave Jisoo as just a companion. ¡°Would you like to sign a contract with me?¡± I was thinking of making Jisoo completely on my side right here. The answer was simple. There was the ¡®multiplayer package¡¯ that I saw earlier. ¡®If the package is worth 20,000 points, then the package should be worth 20,000.¡¯ The starter package which was only 500 points was very useful, so I was curious to see how much the multiplayer package with 20,000 points would be. ¡°A contract? What kind of¡­..?¡± ¡°Why are you blushing¡­..it¡¯s just a party contract.¡± I outlined the contract to Jisoo. ¡°Ah, so, it¡¯s like those party from multiplayer games right?¡± ¡°Yeah, when it comes to RPGs, that¡¯s the norm.¡± ¡°Oh, okay then.¡± After hearing the explanation, Jisoo pondered for a moment and then slowly nodded her head. ¡°Great. It would be better for me to have a clear contract if I want to follow Sehan Oppa.¡± Jisoo had a rather excited face. ¡®Okay then. Finally, let¡¯s make sure to double check the desciption of the package again.¡¯ I opened the DLC store and read the description of the multiplayer package over and over again. The multiplayer package had many benefits. But what stood out the most was this. ¡®Skill Sharing.¡¯ It looked like each party member could share at least one skill. Of course, party members were also able to receive skills from me. The shared skill seemed to be a little inferior to its original form, but that didn¡¯t matter much. ¡®There are many places where that skill will be useful in the future.¡¯ Even with this main quest right now, if you had this skill, you could easily complete it. ¡®If the maximum number of party members you can receive is five then I can get at least five skills.¡¯ I will be able to bring the main potentials out of those five skills. I have a few talented people I can think of in my head. If I can receive their skills, I can become much stronger than in my previous life. Tiing! [You have purchased the multiplayer package!] [You can apply for a party from now on.] [A party can have up to five people. Benefits: Skill sharing, increased skill proficiency, ETC.] After hearing the message, I immediately opened my mouth to Jisoo. ¡°Party application, Ji-soo.¡± ¡°Ah, there is this strange notification that suddenly popped up, do I just accept it?¡± ¡°Yep, nothing particularly harmful will happen, so don¡¯t worry.¡± ¡°Yes, got it. I believe in you.¡± Jisoo¡¯s index finger scanned the air. [You have accepted your first party member. Would you like to share your skills?] ¡°Yeah.¡± I nodded at the notification window. [You do not currently have any skills. You cannot share skills with the party member.] Am I supposed to have a skill to share? If I share one skill with Jisoo, it seems to be a way of exchanging my skill for Jisoo¡¯s skill. ¡®It¡¯s not like I¡¯m not going to give her any skill. But I just don¡¯t have any yet.¡¯ Anyway, I had conscience. Jisoo can share her stellar nature with me, but I can¡¯t share any skills. ¡®It would be good to share skills that will be helpful to Jisoo as much as possible.¡¯ Just like nurturing fellow party members in an RPG, I wanted to give the skills that would be most helpful to Jisoo. ¡®Then that would be best.¡¯ Fortunately, I knew the skill that best suited Jisoo. ¡®But it will take some time for me to learn it, so I¡¯d have to delay sharing the skill first.¡¯ There¡¯s no need for me to be so impatient to get Thousand Deaths right now. It would be convenient, but the first main quest was practically over. pororon. At that moment, I saw round eyeballs coming this way from the air. It was the Observers. ¡®That was close.¡¯ Jisoo slaughtered a lot of goblins here, so it would be strange if they haven¡¯t noticed it. ¡°Okay.¡± Jonghyun Lee and the woman, who had fainted, finally showed signs of waking up. ¡°Oppa, what should we do now?¡± ¡°First, we should catch the scattered goblins.¡± I killed the Hobgoblin, but that didn¡¯t solve everything. I just avoided the annihilation route. Even the goblins scattered everywhere were enough to be a threat to the people here. ¡°Uh, huh? Aah!¡± The moment Jonghyun Lee woke up and saw Jisoo, he screamed. ¡°Hey, Han Jisoo. What are you!!¡± He looked quite frightened at Jisoo now. ¡°I prefer this look rather than your usual look.¡± Jisoo seemed to really like Jonghyun¡¯s reaction. pororon. The Observers hovered in the air, wanting to know what had happened here. It didn¡¯t feel very good to think that GM Acartus and the gods were watching through the Observers¡¯ eyes. ¡°Hey.¡± I called Jonghyun. Jonghyun found me only then and turned his gaze. ¡°Uh, you, aren¡¯t you that game junkie?¡± ¡°Yeah. Why were you here?¡± ¡°Hey, this bastard what you are¡­¡­.¡± The guy stuttered his words and tried to yell at me. But he stopped saying and Jisoo threatened to. ¡°Answer Sehan Oppa¡¯s question properly.¡± Jisoo brought the rusty sword soaked in goblin blood to Jonghyun¡¯s neck. Then he trembled like an electrocuted insect. ¡°Uh, uh! Okay! All right, please put the knife away!¡± Seeing him like that, Jisoo smiled and looked up at me. It¡¯s a look that seemed to ask ¡®Did I do a good job?¡¯ ¡®¡­.. This wasn¡¯t the same personality I saw.¡¯ Thanks to this, it was easier to speak. I asked Jonghyun again. ¡°I¡¯m asking again. Why were you here? Explain it properly.¡± ¡°That, that.¡± Jonghyun rolled his eyes and looked at Jisoo next to me and stuttered. ¡°To scout¡­¡­¡± ¡°To scout? with this woman?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. If one of us goes dies, the other has to run away.¡± It was a docile answer for a guy who usually ignored me. Maybe the Jisoo next to me looked scary, cold sweat dripped down my forehead. ¡®They said they came to scout and fainted at the sight of Jisoo fighting.¡¯ He must have been influenced by the Thousand Deaths fear effect, which means he must be a very weak guy. It was embarrassing to know that I had been shy with this guy in my first round. ¡°Then that means there¡¯s someone who¡¯s ordering you to do these things. Since There¡¯s no way you would volunteer to scout.¡± ¡°This fucker¡­¡­¡± Jonghyun¡¯s face was distorted at my sarcastic remark, but when Jisoo¡¯s knife came closer to his neck, he laughed like a clown. ¡°R-right. Haha, why would I volunteer to do this? My name was fucking pulled out of the hat.¡± ¡°Right.¡± I could understand right away. ¡®I don¡¯t know who it is, but there¡¯s someone who¡¯s pulling people together and fighting the goblins right now.¡¯ If he¡¯s able to take lead of people so quickly, he was more likely to have had a certain authority before the game started. There must also be leadership to lead people. ¡®Thanks to you, I was able to escape in my previous life.¡¯ It was good to build a defense line and stop the goblins, but the content of the quest is ¡®Escape the University¡¯. It was obvious that they were all killed by the Hobgoblin and goblins that appeared later. ¡®But this time it¡¯s different.¡¯ The Hobgoblin is dead. And I haven¡¯t gotten out of here yet. ¡°Lee Jonghyun.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Guide me to the person who¡¯s gathering and commanding the people.¡± ¡°Why?¡± This time, there was a puzzled look on the boy¡¯s face. From his point of view, I was just a game junkie. ¡°You just need to guide me.¡± ¡°Is this bastard crazy!! You¡¯ve been so demanding since earlier! Who Are you to tell me what to-!¡± Jonghyun¡¯s words did not continue to the end. ¡°Kyaaaak!¡± Because a living goblin came out of the gaps between the corpses of the goblins that Jisoo killed. There were sword wounds everywhere on its body, so it doesn¡¯t seem like it will be able to live for long, but that made it look more horrifying. ¡°Hi-iik?!¡± Jonghyun, who barely got up, took a step back and fell backwards. ¡°Kreuk, Kreuk.¡± The goblin thought that Jonghyun was the weakest, so he rushed in with a half-broken sword. ¡°Kyaaaah! Kak?!¡± Of course, I didn¡¯t just look at it. After tripping over the running goblin¡¯s foot, I raised my foot and trampled the goblin¡¯s head. Kwajak! The goblin¡¯s head crumbled like a pastry, and green blood splashed all over Jonghyun¡¯s face. ¡°Huh, huh.¡± Jonghyun looked alternately at me and the goblin¡¯s body, wondering what the hell just happened. His eyes were filled with questions as to how I had enough strength to do such a thing. Of course, I had no intention of answering his question. ¡°Just guide me quickly and quietly.¡± Of course, Jonghyun¡¯s head nodded without saying a word. Chapter 7 In my first round, I was busy running away from goblins. Thinking about it, after accidentally entering the safe zone, I rested a little and escaped the campus alone. ¡°Come on, here it is.¡± Ignoring Jonghyun, who was talking to me, I looked around. Following Jonghyun¡¯s guidance, we arrived at the auditorium where people were gathered. The entrance was closed and the ladder to the second floor was lowered so we entered through there. ¡°I see a lot of injured people.¡± I nodded at Jisoo¡¯s murmur. ¡°Probably most of them were attacked in the first wave.¡± Honestly, I am really surprised. Rescuing the wounded in that dire situation, and gathering them in the auditorium like this. ¡®There are very few people who can do this.¡¯ Unless you were in a position to lead people to a certain extent, no matter how urgent the situation was, you couldn¡¯t lead people to this extent. ¡°The Student Council president.¡± As I muttered like that, Jonghyun, who was standing next to me, widened his eyes. ¡°What?¡± ¡°The person who told you and that girl to go scouting.¡± As I pointed behind me and spoke, the woman following us flinched. Her face was very pale, probably because of Jisoo soaking her whole body in goblin blood. ¡°How did you¡­.¡± ¡°There¡¯s a way to know it all.¡± It was a natural reaction for Jonghyun, who doesn¡¯t know much about observers yet. Just by looking at it, there was a place where several observers were gathered in the present auditorium. A man with a neat appearance was giving instructions to people. Student Council President Yoon Hyun-kyun. ¡®He¡¯s the perfect guy to be the god¡¯s ¡®Avatar.¡¯ Good appearance, excellent abilities. He even has leadership skills, so he was in a position to be treated as a ¡®rare avatar¡¯ from the gods¡¯ point of view. Since I¡¯ve never heard of him after the first quest, and I didn¡¯t help anybody in my previous round, he probably died to a group of goblins led by the Hobgoblin. ¡®It looks like he has a pretty cautious personality.¡¯ His god should have told him that he would die if he did not leave the school grounds. But the fact that he¡¯s still holding out here means that he doesn¡¯t know anything about it yet. In other words, he hasn¡¯t become an avatar yet. ¡®It¡¯s normal to select an avatar at the end of the tutorial, but if it¡¯s a guy of his caliber, there should already be gods who have already sent a request.¡¯ Still, the fact that he hasn¡¯t become an avatar yet means that he is suspicious of all of these ¡®requests¡¯. ¡°The first graders right there!¡± At that moment, Yoon Hyun-Kyun, who saw us standing quietly, shouted at us. He waved his hand toward Jonghyun and the girl standing in front of me. ¡°Well?¡± Hyun-Kyun frowned when he found me standing behind Jong-hyun and Ji-soo soaked in green blood. ¡°Han Ji-soo? Did something happen?¡± Hyun-Kyun seemed to know Ji-soo. But Jisoo just clicked her tongue briefly at Hyunkyun¡¯s question. ¡°Rather than talking to me now, wouldn¡¯t it be better to listen to his report first?¡± ¡°Oh, right.¡± Hyun-Kyun, who was looking at Jisoo, realized that Jisoo had no wounds and coughed a little. ¡°Yeah, Mr. Jonghyun and Mr. Hye-sun seem to be all right too. How was the situation outside? You didn¡¯t go anywhere dangerous, did you?¡± ¡°Oh, yes.¡± Jonghyun nodded tremblingly at the Student Council President¡¯s question. And the woman next to Jonghyun, Hye-sun, also flinched. ¡°Are there no signs of the police coming outside?¡± ¡°Oh, yes. There was none.¡± Jonghyun said so and looked at me. I nodded as his eyes were asking if it was okay to tell Hyun-Kyun about our encounter with the goblin. ¡°I just ran into green monsters along the way.¡± ¡°What? Then how¡­¡­.¡± Those monsters are full of madness and rush to attack people. Hyun-Kyun looked at Jonghyun with a mixture of confusion and relief that he had returned unharmed. ¡°We received some help¡­¡­.¡± Perhaps it was difficult to explain this, so Jonghyun slowly looked at me. Of course, at that, Hyungkyun looked confused. ¡°?¡± Hyunkyun wasn¡¯t the only one who reacted to Jonghyun¡¯s words. The gazes of the observers following him also turned to me at once. ¡®I didn¡¯t plan to stand out that much until at least the first main quest was over, but I guess it can¡¯t be helped.¡¯ ¡°Did you fight those monsters? Your name is¡­¡­.?¡± ¡°Kim Se-Han.¡± ¡°Oh, then I¡¯ll call you Mr. Sehan. How can Mr. Sehan fight those monsters?¡± I shrugged at his question. ¡°There is nothing that cannot be fought. Their height is lesser than that of an adult male, and their strength is similar to a young adult.¡± ¡°But they have weapons. Wouldn¡¯t you have a harder time fighting them?¡± I glanced at Jisoo. Jisoo lifted a goblin¡¯s rusty sword that was properly fixed to her waist. ¡°Huck!¡± Hyun-Kyun was freaked out by the appearance of a green blood-stained sword. ¡°How did it happen¡­¡­.¡± ¡°it just somehow did.¡± ¡°¡­.¡± Of course, the other party was confused at the nonsense I was talking about. But if I had to explain it in detail, they¡¯d just get more confused. It was best to skip over the details. ¡°Anyway, I think it¡¯s better to get out of here as soon as possible.¡± ¡°Get out of this place?¡± Hyun-Kyun¡¯s eyes widened at my sudden declaration. After thinking for a while, he asked. ¡°¡­¡­ Why?¡± ¡°Because the captain of the monsters is dead.¡± ¡°The captain? Oh, I think I heard a notification about that earlier.¡± ¡°Yeah, so I think it¡¯s best to get out of here now.¡± Hyun-Kyun narrowed his eyes. It must have been difficult to understand properly. ¡®There are so many eyes that it is difficult to look around.¡¯ I glanced up into the air. There were several observers watching Hyun-Kyun. ¡°If you open the quest window, there will be a time limit.¡± ¡°A time limit?¡± Hyun-Kyun opened the quest window immediately. In the corner of the quest window, the time limit ¡°1 day, 13 hours¡± was displayed. ¡°To think there was a time limit¡­¡­¡± ¡°As you know, the current situation is far from reality. As if someone is making a game aimed at us.¡± ¡°And who the hell is that someone?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know that either. One thing is certain: they won¡¯t be so kind to their players.¡± There have already been several deaths. Hyun-Kyun muttered with a firm face, perhaps understanding what I meant. ¡°That means you don¡¯t know what¡¯s going to happen if we don¡¯t escape before the quest time limit.¡± ¡°In the worst-case scenario, they might try to kill us all. If the being who made the game suddenly released a huge amount of monsters, do you think we can survive?¡± ¡°Well¡­¡± There is actually another reason we rush to get out. Why? Because it¡¯s no fun. ¡®The game of the gods.¡¯ We are not the protagonists of this game. it is god The focus is on the enjoyment of god. The Hobgoblin died, and the goblins who lost their leader dispersed. It¡¯s a great situation for players, but from the point of view of the gods watching the game, it¡¯s a terribly boring situation. Because there is no crisis. Think of it as an RPG game without mobs. who would have fun playing it? ¡®Since the Hobgoblin has just died, they won¡¯t act immediately, but they will do something sooner or later.¡¯ When the crisis disappears, the game loses its fun. So it was obvious that GM¡¯s action would come in and do something. ¡°Then you have to hurry up and deal with the monsters, or lead everybody out of this place.¡± ¡°Yes, I think so, too.¡± If the Hobgoblin was still alive, it would have been difficult to do anything since it would have attacked them systematically. But not anymore. Since the boss is dead now, it would be easier to get out. ¡°Right, I thought we had to do something. Since no police or nearby paramedics are contacting us, we can¡¯t wait for rescuers. But¡­¡­ I¡¯m worried about how to persuade people to escape because the people¡¯s opinions are divided in half right now.¡± Hyun-Kyun had a troubled face, but it seemed that he accepted my words positively. I didn¡¯t think he¡¯d be convinced so easily. ¡®Why did he die in my previous round if he was thinking of escaping too?¡¯ He was thinking to a certain extent that they should get out of this place. Such a person died in the previous round without doing anything? ¡®Something¡¯s up.¡¯ According to my memory, I didn¡¯t remember the people gathered in the auditorium counterattacking the goblins. They were strictly defensive. They held on and were killed by the Hobgoblin and his minions. So, I thought that the person who is currently in charge of people might be fearful or strict. A person with the idea that they should wait for rescue since this situation currently is an emergency. But Hyun-Kyun doesn¡¯t seem to be someone like that. ¡°What are you talking about now?¡± A sharp voice was heard behind Hyun-Kyun. ¡°The president doesn¡¯t agree with this man, does he? Waiting for rescue here is the best reward. You don¡¯t have to go out of the auditorium and risk yourself.¡± The man who spoke was a sharp-eyed man with tapered eyes. ¡°Dong Kwon. But it¡¯s time to contact the police or paramedics. You know the reality has changed like a game right now, right?¡± ¡°So, are you going to gamble with people¡¯s lives now?¡± At the words of the man called Dong-Kwon, Hyun-Kyun stopped talking. His ideas were purely theoretical. Normally, It¡¯s right to wait for the army or police rather than risk your life and go through monsters. Well, that is if this is our ¡°ordinary reality.¡± But I couldn¡¯t refute that. Because I couldn¡¯t help but be surprised the moment I saw the guy¡¯s face. This was a completely unexpected encounter. ¡®Why is Park Dong-Kwon here?¡¯ Park Dong-Kwon the bat. There¡¯s no way I don¡¯t know this guy. Because he¡¯s the guy I¡¯ve had friction with a few times in my previous round. I didn¡¯t think he went to the same college as me. ¡®Anyway, I get why Hyun-Kyun died now.¡¯ I pretended to be seeing him for the first time and asked. ¡°Who are you?¡± ¡°Park Dong-Kwon, Vice President of the Student Council.¡± ¡°Oh. I think I¡¯ve heard of you.¡± I wasn¡¯t very interested in things like the student council of the school, so I had no idea who or what the members were like. But I never thought that Park Dong-Kwon was in the same college as me and was even a member of the Student Council too. ¡°I heard what you said, why are you asking Hyun-Kyun to do something so ridiculous?¡± ¡°Ridiculous?¡± ¡°Yes. Are you crazy? Go outside and fight those monsters?¡± Dong-Kwon¡¯s lips were slightly slanted. As if he was laughing at me. ¡°You were lucky enough to kill a few of those monsters. But right now It¡¯s best to wait for help from the military or the police.¡± It was an opinion that an ordinary person who is unaware of the current circumstances would assert. But I don¡¯t think that¡¯s what he is actually thinking. ¡®Because, this guy¡­¡­.¡¯ Was a murderer who killed countless people in the previous round. Chapter 8 ¡®Long time no see, shitty bat.¡¯ Park Dong-Kwon the bat. In the previous round, that was what he was called as. A psycho who enjoys hiding in various groups with different appearances each time and destroying them. A monster in human disguise who doesn¡¯t care about how many people dies if it benefits him. ¡°We got lucky? Do you know how we killed those monsters, or should I say goblins?¡± At that moment, Jisoo, who had been quiet, opened her mouth. ¡°Goblins?¡± ¡°Yes. When I killed the monsters, their names were displayed on their heads.¡± Dong-Kwon asked with a puzzled face at Jisoo¡¯s cold response. ¡°You¡¯re saying you killed some of those monsters too?¡± ¡°Yes. There are witnesses who¡¯ve seen me kill too.¡± Jisoo said and pointed to Jonghyun, who was quietly watching the situation. ¡°Yeah, ¡­.. right.¡± Jonghyun nodded his head as her gaze suddenly turned to him. ¡°See? It¡¯s foolish to wait blindly in fear of those goblins. Even I can deal with them! And the soldiers and the police can¡¯t even move now, can they?¡± Jisoo said so and lifted her smartphone. The smartphone was full of news about the current situation, which is also happening everywhere around the world. ¡®Oh, the news are still coming up.¡¯ After a while, the Internet will get cut off anyway, but I was surprised that there were people still posting articles even in this situation. ¡°Ugh.¡± Dong-Kwon frowned at the news displayed on her smartphone. ¡°Right. We can¡¯t just wait. Look at the quest window, it said we need to get out of here.¡± Hyun-Kyun was shaken for a moment by Dong-Kwon¡¯s words, but after hearing Jisoo¡¯s argument, he seemed to have made up his mind. It seems that the risk has dropped significantly since Jisoo, who is a woman, killed some monsters herself. Jisoo has a petite body and small height, so she looks pretty weak. But considering the skill Jisoo has, there are no humans here who can kill her. Thousand Deaths is a skill specialized in killing human-shaped beings more than anything else. That includes not only humanoid monsters but also humans. ¡®That¡¯s why that ¡®Hyulma¡¯ was so hard to defeat.¡¯ He¡¯s a guy I really don¡¯t want to see again. But he will meet again. Still, this time, you will be able to fight more easily than before. ¡°But, do you think others will agree to it?!¡± However, Dong Kwon was still vehemently opposed. Seemingly to be thinking for the people in the auditorium. But I felt strangely anxious about it. ¡®Look at this?¡¯ He wasn¡¯t the type to worry about other people like that. On the contrary, he was the type to use people and use their corpses to climb higher. So I couldn¡¯t hold back my laugh. ¡°Then you and the people who wants to stay can stay here by yourselves¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t think I could convince everyone here in the first place. So it doesn¡¯t matter if some people decides to stay here.¡± Unlike in my previous life, I thought it would be okay to help people in this life, but that¡¯s to a certain extent. I have no intention of forcibly saving someone who wants to die. I did as much as I could. ¡®But this guy will never actually stay here.¡¯ If he¡¯s the same Park Dong-Kwon from the previous round. ¡°Krg!¡± Dong-Kwon gnashed his teeth. Probably because my words went against his plans. ¡®So this guy is like this from the beginning.¡¯ He must have thought of annihilating the people in the auditorium and receiving additional rewards according to the number of people he killed. It was a completely opposite plan to me, who is trying to save people and get additional rewards. ¡®But that¡¯s the way things are.¡¯ It may not be possible to persuade everyone to escape, but considering Hyun-Kyun¡¯s leadership, there is a high probability that many will follow. Then Dong-Kwon¡¯s plan naturally failed. And since his plan will fail, he¡¯ll definitely try to follow us. Since he will be taking a great risk if he survives alone when everybody who stayed died and the rewards for killing the small number of people won¡¯t be worth our suspicions. ¡°So, are you really going to stay here?¡± As I asked for his decision again, Dong-Kwon¡¯s eyes turned to Hyun-Kyun. Hyun-Kyun had already made up his mind to get out of this place. ¡°¡­¡­ If the president really goes, I¡¯ll follow him. I¡¯m worried about sending the president alone.¡± As I expected, Dong-Kwon switched teams. It was like saying that he was forced to follow for the sake of Hyun-Kyun, but I knew very well that it was not his true intention. ¡®And also.¡¯ His actions made it clear. Park Dong-Kwon, you are already the avatar of a God ¡°Is it really okay? I still see monsters¡­..¡± ¡°It¡¯s gonna be fine. According to the students who went to scout, they can¡¯t make a proper judgment after their captain¡¯s death.¡± ¡°Still¡­.¡± ¡°You know there¡¯s no point in waiting here for rescue anyway, right? A day has already passed. If they are going to rescue us, they would already be here by now.¡± ¡°Okay¡­¡± At Hyun-Kyun¡¯s words, an elderly man bowed his head. probably one of the college¡¯s professor. As Hyunkyun said, a day has passed since the game started. However, the fact that something has not been done means that something has happened outside. ¡°Yoon Hyun-Kyun! You¡¯re trying to lead people out on your own! If you keep acting like this, you won¡¯t get any credits for next semester!¡± Another professor said something like this. ¡®Credits? In this situation?¡¯ What a joke. Now that the world has been turned upside down, credits were not important at all. ¡°Are you okay?¡± ¡°Oh, maybe it is?¡± The number of people who chose to leave the auditorium was quite large. By looking at the very few left in the auditorium, you can see how popular Hyun-Kyun is. ¡°Come, everyone, pay attention to your surroundings!¡± At Hyun-Kyun¡¯s cry, people started walking slowly. The destination is, of course, outside of the campus. ¡°Sehan Oppa, are we going out now?¡± Jisoo, who was walking in the crowd, asked me. ¡°Yeah, if nothing special happens, then we should leave the campus.¡± ¡°If nothing special happens¡­..Are you talking about the goblins?¡± ¡°No, goblins without a captain don¡¯t usually attack people in groups.¡± ¡°Really?¡± Having been asked if anything will happen, I kept my mouth shut and looked up at the observers wandering in the sky. And then looked at Dong-Kwon, who was walking next to Hyun-Kyun. ¡®That bat shit¡­ He¡¯s annoying but I can¡¯t just kill him now.¡¯ Killing Dong-Kwon, who would be a killer in the future, should be easy but I couldn¡¯t. Apart from the fact that we had a lot of eyes watching us, I was thinking of using him since he would be pretty strong. ¡®Then¡­¡­.¡¯ I opened the game window and glanced at the list of products in the DLC store. There was just one thing that should be perfect for this situation. ¡°Be wary of the goblins around you!¡± Hyunkyun shouted as he walked forward. Some goblins scattered around us were wary of us, but they didn¡¯t attack us. ¡°Aren¡¯t they going to attack?¡± ¡°Ah, there are so many goblins¡­¡­¡± They are the goblins that attacked people until yesterday. So it wasn¡¯t unusual for people to be scared. ¡°They won¡¯t touch us unless you are separated from the group. So don¡¯t worry!¡± Hyun-Kyun told people exactly what I had explained. ¡°We¡¯re almost outside. Stay strong!¡± The content of the quest is to leave the campus grounds. The people¡¯s footsteps gradually accelerated towards the school¡¯s main gate, which was now in sight. ¡°It¡¯s the first time I¡¯ve been so happy with the front gates of the campus.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go out quickly. I can¡¯t even call now, so I¡¯m worried about my parents.¡± The voices of the people around me seemed to brighten a little. The goblins didn¡¯t seem to want to bother them, and the thought of leaving this hellish place soon feels relieving. But, I can¡¯t help but feel anxious. [The quest¡¯s difficulty will now rise.] [Difficulty E- } D] ¡°Eh?¡± Suddenly, a clear notification sounded. That was just the beginning. [Since the difficulty is now E, A ¡®Sentinel¡¯ will now appear.] Thump! The sound of heavy footsteps echoed. It was a sound that goblins could never make. It was a sound that could only be made by a huge monster that was at least several meters tall. ¡°¡­¡­ What is that?¡± Someone muttered aloud. In front of the main entrance of the campus. A huge monster with the head of a cow stood there. ¡°That¡¯s a Minotaur, isn¡¯t it?¡± I don¡¯t know who mumbled it. But there were no words that represented the monster in front of his eyes as much as those words did. A gigantic body that was at least 5 meters tall. A monster with a cow¡¯s head and writhing muscles. It didn¡¯t have any special weapons. But with that size, that shouldn¡¯t be a problem at all. That monster should be able to tear an ordinary human with its bare hands. ¡®Are they crazy? A Minotaur in the first main quest?¡¯ Looks like they¡¯re determined to see some corpses. To fight against a Minotaur, you must at least complete the 15th main quest. In the first main quest, it was a monster that could never be defeated no matter what we did. ¡®It¡¯s a monster that should never even appear. Damn you Acartus¡­¡¯ He¡¯s a GM who manages the game, but he can¡¯t do anything. There were obviously limits to what he could do. ¡®So he used the feature called ¡®Sentinel¡¯.¡¯ It is not simply a role placed on a stage like a boss or a hidden boss. They are strong, but they are the ones that can be overcome if we join forces. But not Sentinels. Sentinel appears as a winnable, but is an unwinnable enemy to the current players. ¡®It¡¯s common in single games.¡¯ For example, the final boss you meet on the start stage. It is a monster that is made to avoid, not defeat. ¡®Even so, since this is still the first quest, the sentinel¡¯s strength will have a limit.¡¯ The Minotaur, a sentinel, is a monster strong enough to slaughter humans here, but there were clear limits. Main Quest Stat Limit F (100). Since minotaurs have C-class abilities, all of its stats will be set to F (100). It¡¯s hard to get a sense of how strong that is, but I¡¯ve invested only 20 points in my strength to throw a stone and smash a goblin¡¯s head. The ability of people here is between 5 and 10 at best. Even in pure numbers, the difference is close to 10 times, and in fact, there was a larger difference when converted. It is often said that gorillas have 20 times the strength of humans, but the minotaurs in front of them now have close to 100 times the strength of humans. Whook, Whook. The harsh breathing of the Minotaur could be heard all the way here. While everyone was frozen, Dong-Gwon, who was standing next to Hyun-Kyun, slowly turned his back. ¡°Everyone run a- eup?!¡± Dong-Kwon, who was about to say something, suddenly got himself overpowered from his back and stopped talking. ¡°Are you crazy? Keep quiet.¡± It was Jisoo who covered his mouth. Because I instructed Jisoo to stop Dong-Kwon if he tries to do anything. ¡®Good.¡¯ It was a little surprising that a Minotaur appeared, but I thought it was indeed something that Acartus would do. And when such a situation arises, if it¡¯s Dong-Kwon, he will surely do something to wreak havoc. This was also within the expected range. Minotaur basically follows the behavior of cattles. If people had started to run away from this place, startled by Dong-Kwon¡¯s words, the Minotaur would have rushed to them right away. ¡°Eup, Eup Eup!¡± Dong-Kwon struggled to get out of Jisoo¡¯s hands, but it was difficult to get out of Jisoo¡¯s hands, whose abilities had risen by slaughtering goblins. But not everything goes as planned. A few who came to their senses at the struggle of Dong-Kwon left the group with small screams. ¡°Run away!¡± ¡°How do you get away from a monster like that?!¡± Chaos broke out in the crowd. But everyone was soon frozen stiff. This was because the Minotaur¡¯s gaze turned to those who fled the group. ¡°Mmmmmmm!!¡± ¡°Hiik!¡± Those who tried to run away stopped at the sound of the Minotaur¡¯s cry that filled the stage. This is because giant monsters have a fear effect in their cry. But that effect is rather fortunate for this current situation. If they hadn¡¯t stopped in fear, they would have become like the people who are now running away. Doo doo doo doo!! ¡°Alas¡­¡­.¡± The gaze of those fleeing moved towards the oncoming Minotaur became blank. That can¡¯t be avoided. They must have felt it instinctively. Puaak!! It was as if a train had passed. The people who had just run away were scattered in all directions without even screaming properly. ¡°Uh-huh.¡± Some people, whose legs were loosed at the sight, fell down in hopelessness. There were also women who fainted. Quaddok! The Minotaur¡¯s feet, which razed those who ran away, stopped. And slowly, very slowly, the Minotaur¡¯s gaze turned toward this direction. Of course, there was no one who could move. Chapter 9 Hyun-Kyun felt like his brain was becoming a blank sheet. Processing everything that had just suddenly happened. ¡®The quest difficulty increasing? And what about that monster?¡¯ He don¡¯t know why the difficulty suddenly increased, and I couldn¡¯t even think of a way to escape from that minotaur-like monster. Seeing how he was chasing people who had just run away, it seemed impossible to escape at the speed of a human being. ¡°Eup, Eup Eup!¡± If Dong-Gwon hadn¡¯t struggled by making strange noises next to him, probably Hyun-Kyun would have been losing his mind. ¡°President.¡± ¡°Oh, yes, yes.¡± Then, a familiar voice was heard from behind him. It¡¯s Sehan. Looking at his face, his hardened heart seemed to loosen a little. ¡®You¡¯re calm even in this situation.¡¯ He thought he was the kind of person who judged the situation rationally, but he felt that he was lacking compared to Sehan in front of him. He felt it from the first time they met, but Sehan exudes a strangely relaxed atmosphere. Even in a situation where he was suddenly attacked by monsters and the world¡¯s values changed overnight, he was still calm. Sehan looked at the sky for some reason and then said in a low voice. ¡°I¡¯ll be the bait.¡± ¡°¡­¡­ Yes? Bait?¡± ¡°If the situation stays like this, we will be annihilated by the Minotaur. So someone needs to get its attention and distract it.¡± That¡¯s right. The Minotaur¡¯s charge just isn¡¯t something that people can stop even if we work together. ¡°You don¡¯t have to do it¡­.¡± ¡°Then, is there anyone else who wants to do it?¡± None. He didn¡¯t even have to look around. There was no one here who could even stare straight at the Minotaur let alone willingly attract its attention. ¡°Sehan Oppa.¡± Jisoo, who is holding Dong-Gwon, frowned. Sehan just nodded his head, but he didn¡¯t say anything. That was upsetting. She wanted to tell him not to do it, but she couldn¡¯t. Even if she was the one who told him not to, it didn¡¯t look like Sehan would listen to her. ¡®He seems to have some kind of plan¡­.¡¯ The Sehan she knows is neither a character to sacrifice for others nor a person who will do reckless things. However, I have no idea how he would overcome this situation. ¡°Ha¡­.¡± Jisoo sighed and looked away. She looked away feeling frustrated, but when her eyes met with Dong-Gwon, who she was holding onto, she felt irritated. ¡®Tsk, so annoying.¡¯ When Sehan said that he was going to be the bait himself, Dong-Gwon¡¯s stopped struggling, and that made her frown a little. ¡®Like a chicken instead of a pheasant.¡¯(T/N: #1) The quick-witted Jisoo had noticed Dong-Gwon¡¯s intentions to some extent. It was thanks to Sehan that his plan had failed. Dong-Gwon was planning to kill everybody in the auditorium and receive additional rewards. But things don¡¯t go the way he wanted them to, so he was wishing that Sehan, who ruined his plans, would be killed by the monster. And Jisoo¡¯s speculation was very accurate. ¡®It¡¯s a pity that I can¡¯t monopolize the rewards, but there¡¯s nothing I can do about it.¡¯ Dong-Gwon looked at Se-Han. The one who ruined his plan by acting in vain. ¡®Using the Minotaur might be dangerous for me too, so let¡¯s step back first.¡¯ It¡¯s not like there¡¯s only one main quest. Although the initial start was ambiguous, he himself was chosen by God. He can get ahead at any time. ¡°Ha¡­ Then there is nothing I can do.¡± Hyun-Kyun had a genuinely apologetic face. He couldn¡¯t stop Sehan from becoming the bait. If no one sacrifices, everyone dies. ¡®Honestly, I¡¯m not sure how much time he¡¯ll be able to buy.¡¯ Considering the people who have just died, the time he can earn may be only a few seconds. However, looking at Sehan¡¯s confident appearance now, he somehow gained some confidence. Hyun-Kyun nodded his head. ¡°I¡¯m really sorry. I¡¯ll leave it in your hands, Mr.Sehan, thank you so much.¡± At that, Sehan avoided his gaze for some reason. And after a small cough, he said. ¡°When I give the signal, lead the people and run.¡± ¡°All right.¡± There was no time to delay. No one knows when the Minotaur will attack. Sehan took off his top and held it in his hand. Then he slowly broke away from the group. One, two. Hyun-Kyun took a deep breath and met Se-Han¡¯s eyes. ¡°Come.¡± Sehan shook his shirt slowly. Like a matador waving a flag. ¡°Rooaaaarkhhh!¡± Sehan, who suddenly left the group, waved a piece of cloth, making the Minotaur¡¯s eyes turn red. Thump! Thump! The sound of the floor reverberated like thunder. ¡°Run!¡± At the same time as Sehan¡¯s shout, the Minotaur shot forward. Hyunkyun also shouted loudly. ¡°Everyone, run to the entrance!!¡± ¡°Hi, Hiik!¡± The people who were frozen began to run. Some, who were unable to move properly, were supported by others or run on their stomachs. ¡°Quick, quick, quick!¡± Hyun-Kyun also supported those who fell. He shouted at the people so that no one was left behind. [You have acquired the skill ¡®Commanding Shout¡¯.] He heard an additional unknown alarm, but it didn¡¯t matter. ¡®What about Mr. Sehan?¡¯ The speed at which people ran away wasn¡¯t that fast. When he looked at Sehan, feeling nervous, Hyunkyun had no choice but to open his mouth. ¡®¡­.What is that?¡¯ Minotaur was a formidable monster. With each charge, the buildings on its sides were mercilessly smashed. It was as if a dump truck was going through the buildings. Even in such bloody circumstances, Sehan was unharmed. ¡°How can he avoid that?¡± It¡¯s ridiculous. Sehan¡¯s movement wasn¡¯t that fast. However, the Minotaur¡¯s attacks can¡¯t hit Sehan at all. ¡®Huh?¡¯ Suddenly, Hyun-Kyun raised his gaze to the presence he could feel in the sky. Something round was flying. There was something like that while he was in the auditorium. They had always been in Hyun-Kyun¡¯s head, but now they were watching Sehan. ¡°President!¡± As he stared blankly at the sight, he heard a voice calling him. Yeah, now¡¯s not the time to get distracted by that. Hyun-Kyun ran. His breath hit his chin, but he did not stop and ran desperately. [You have cleared ¡®Main Quest 1¡¯!] [Your quest achievement is ¡®Gold¡¯ grade.] [The rewards will be distributed soon.] ¡°Huh, huh¡­¡­.¡± I succeeded. As soon as I left the campus, I heard a loud sound of firecrackers and several notification windows appeared. ¡®I lived.¡¯ At such a heartening moment, I was reminded of Sehan, who was still fighting the Minotaur. Since he was the last of the group, Sehan must be the only one remaining in this group. Thud! ¡°Ugh?!¡± With that thought in mind, the moment I turned my back quickly, I bumped into something. ¡°What is this?¡± The moment he left the university, a transparent film began to form at the entrance of the campus. Stopping the players from going back in. After leading all the people, Hyun-Kyun¡¯s face paled as he was about to return to help Sehan. ¡°Mr. Sehan! We¡¯re all out! Come on out!¡± Touching the blue membrane with his hand, Hyun-Kyun shouted. As if hearing Hyunkyun¡¯s cry, Sehan, who was dodging the Minotaur¡¯s attack, looked back at him. He looked like he was about to be pushed to the limit. ¡°Mr. Sehan!¡± Whoom! A harsh hitting sound was heard, and Sehan¡¯s model was blasted away like a broken puppet. He was hit by the Minotaur¡¯s fist. ¡°Ahh!¡­¡­.¡± Hyun-Kyun looked at the scene with a dazed look. As he watched the Minotaur rush in the direction Sehan flew, he looked away, unable to watch anymore. Woong. In addition, the color of the membrane grew darker, so he could no longer observe the situation inside the university. ¡°¡­.¡± The thought that Se-Han¡¯s death was his fault lingered in his mind. When he lifted his head with a chaotic mind, he saw Ji-Soo staring at him. Knowing that Jisoo was with Sehan. And seeing that Jisoo, who is reluctant to get close to men, was with Sehan, he thought that they might have a special relationship. So Hyunkyun lowered his head and said. ¡°I¡¯m¡­.sorry.¡± Of course, Ji-Soo did not respond. In my previous life, I wasn¡¯t particularly righteous. Rather, I was closer to evil than good. And nothing much has changed. So, when I heard Hyun-Kyun¡¯s heartfelt thanks, I cringed a little, so I avoided my gaze. ¡®But I guess¡­it wasn¡¯t too bad.¡¯ In my previous life, I had no power. I can¡¯t say I didn¡¯t have talent, but there were plenty of players who were more talented than me. So I had no choice but to become heartless and mean in order to survive. Because I wanted to live. So how did it end? ¡®In the end, everything was destroyed and I alone survived with nobody by my side.¡¯ And I realized that and returned. ¡°Ouch¡­It hurts a little.¡± I slowly climbed through the pile of stones and got up. There were so many observers watching, so I did a little bit of acting. I invested a whopping 94 points in my stamina the moment I was about to get hit, so there were no major injuries other than a few bruises, but from the standpoint of the observer, they would think that I had died. ¡®And now.¡¯ The observer was nowhere to be seen. It seemed that I could comfortably deal with the Minotaur now. ¡°Moo?¡± Seeing me standing up looking almost completely unscathed, the Minotaur looked at me with a questioning gaze. I was struck by his fist and flew away, hit by a charge, and got buried in concrete. It was a blow that should have killed me dozens of times if I was an ordinary human, but I was unharmed except for a few scratches. ¡°As expected, all of your current stats are in a counter-stop state.¡± The current stat limit in this main quest is F (100). So the Minotaur¡¯s abilities were just that. ¡®Have I ever fought face-to-face with an opponent like this in my previous life?¡¯ A sentinel is made in such a way that no ordinary player can kill it. In my previous life, I avoided having to fight it as much as possible, and if I had to fight it, I fought with the intent to flee. To survive, regardless of who I needed to sacrifice. It¡¯s not that I¡¯m any different now. But. ¡°I don¡¯t want to do that again.¡± Boom, boom boom! The Minotaur stretched his legs again and again. Like a runner in a race. ¡°Mmmmmmm!¡± He didn¡¯t care how I got up. He just moves to kill the opponent in front of him. Because it was here for that purpose in the first place. Boom! When the Minotaur stomped heavily, the block of sidewalks under him instantly shattered and flew away. He stretched out both hands recklessly as he saw it flying like a chariot¡¯s shell. [You have used 83 points to increase your ¡®Strength¡¯] [Your ¡®Strength¡¯ stat has reached the limit for this quest.] Qua Qua Qua Qua Qua qua!! When I grabbed the horn of the rushing Minotaur, my body slid backwards. The attack blew away broken debris and slashed blocks of sidewalks on the ground. But I didn¡¯t get blown away. His strength and mine are the same F(100). It was an equal situation, but the Minotaur who rushed in had the advantage. But I was confident that I would win. == Hobgoblin¡¯s Girdle Strength increases by 10 points. This number is not affected by the main quest limit. == Because my strength was F(110), not F(100). It was just 10 points, but the difference was a ¡®wall¡¯ that could never be crossed. The rush stopped. ¡°Mmh?¡± Seeing that he was stopped, the Minotaur¡¯s bright red eyes became those of a cow. Those eyes looked at me, clearly perplexed. That I, a tiny human, stopped him head-on. ¡°I won.¡± As I spoke softly, the Minotaur¡¯s eyes widened. Pud Pud pud pud pud pud pud! ¡°Mghh, mmhh!¡± I put all of my strength into my hand that grabbed the Minotaur¡¯s horn. The Minotaur struggled to escape but was unsuccessful. ¡®Cause I¡¯m stronger than you.¡¯ Woo Jijik! Kwajik! ¡°Hmmm?!¡± The two horns snapped. I pierced the Minotaur with his thick horns, pressing his broken horns into his head, and kicked him with all my might. Quaang!! Its gigantic body flew several meters and destroyed a building. It¡¯s something I would¡¯ve never been able to do in my previous round. A single player who is heartless and only cares about himself. Such a foolish criminal on the border of the extraordinary and the ordinary. Doing something that I can never do. ¡°But this time it¡¯s different.¡± I am not lacking at all now. There was the power to make up for my scarce talent. ¡°So.¡± For this round, I want to become a hero. Chapter 10 [You have cleared ¡®Main Quest 1¡¯!] [Your quest achievement is ¡®Platinum¡¯ grade.] [After a while, the reward will be paid.] ¡°Oh.¡± As I left school, I heard a loud notification that I was waiting for. ¡°I expected it, but platinum grade¡­.¡± I led the escape team and became bait. I defeated a Hobgoblin, the hidden boss, and even defeated a Minotaur, the sentinel, so it is natural in a way. Rather, it is not strange to have received a grade higher than platinum. It¡¯s just that the highest grade was the platinum grade, so there was nothing more. ¡°What will the reward be?¡± I don¡¯t have a weapon to use right now, so I wish it would give me a decent weapon or a skill that I can use. I don¡¯t need any consumables or points to survive. ¡°Eh?¡± With that thought in mind, I walked for a while and saw a familiar person sitting on the sidewalk. ¡°Han Ji-soo? Why are you here?¡± I thought, of course, she would have followed the others. Because if Jisoo followed the others, she can monitor Dong-Gwon¡¯s behavior and put restrictions on his actions. But she¡¯s waiting here. ¡°Oh, were you¡­..worried?¡± It wasn¡¯t a bad feeling to be waited on like this. I was a little sorry that I grabbed the Minotaur and came out to relax quite a bit. ¡°No, I knew you¡¯d be fine.¡± ¡°Eh? Really?¡± Did she see through my acting? I¡¯m sure my acting was pretty good. Seeing that the Observers just went away, I don¡¯t think my acting was lacking. ¡°I noticed that after we became a party the other day, I could check the status of my other party members.¡± Jisoo tapped the air and opened the notification window. There, the current status of me and Jisoo was displayed. ¡°When you got hit by the Minotaur and got blasted away, I saw that you were completely fine, so I assumed that you were just acting. Since I know Sehan Oppa doesn¡¯t want to stand out that much.¡± ¡°Well, yeah.¡± ¡°Then did you defeat the minotaur? What grade did you get, Oppa?¡± ¡°Platinum.¡± ¡°Wow!¡± Jisoo¡¯s eyes brightened. ¡°How about you? What grade did you get?¡± ¡°I got gold.¡± The gold rating is great enough. If you clear the original quest normally to the highest level, the rating you receive most of the time is gold. Platinum is a grade that is just extremely hard to achieve. So many times in my previous life I couldn¡¯t get it. [The rewards will now be distributed.] [You have achieved a great accomplishment!] Fireworks went off again, and my achievements were displayed. ¡®First person to defeat a Sentinel.¡¯ ¡®Sacrificed himself for the sake of so many people.¡± Those were my achievements. ¡®I didn¡¯t really sacrifice myself¡­.¡¯ As you can see, I¡¯m still alive. [You have received x1 ¡®Compressed Orihalcum¡¯ as a reward.] [You have acquired the skill ¡®The Finality Of Time (Growth-Type)¡¯ as a reward.] [You have acquired the skill ¡®Regeneration (Growth-Type)¡¯ as a reward.] [You have earned 1,000 points as a reward.] ¡°Huh.¡± Three rewards came pouring in at once. This time around, I couldn¡¯t help but be surprised. I don¡¯t know what Compressed Orihalcum is, but the other two skills are growth-type skills with the difficulty of acquiring similar to catching stars in the sky. This isn¡¯t just a reward for getting Platinum rank. Perhaps it was the Hidden Boss, as well as the killing of the Sentinel, that was counted as a bonus. It might be a reasonable reward in some ways, as I was the first person in the world to kill a sentinel in ¡®Main Quest 1¡¯. ¡®Even if it¡¯s a weakened sentinel.¡¯ What you kill is what you get. Still, it¡¯s a bit disappointing that I didn¡¯t get an S-class skill. Growth-type has high potential in the second half, but S-class can¡¯t grow, and it¡¯s often a deceptive skill. For example, like the [Thousand Deaths] Ji-Soo has. [The rewards have been distributed, assigning ¡®Main Quest 2¡¯.] == Main Quest 2: Head to Rome World Tower! Head to Rome World, and defeat the boss monster. After graduating from university, you are now taking your first steps into a new world. From now on, you must defeat the monster occupying Rome World Tower. Difficulty: C Time Limit: 14 days == As the rewards were distributed, the Quest¡¯s notification rang. It was the same quest as in my previous round. Players who clear the same stage will share the same main quest for a certain period, so Ji-Soo¡¯s quest should be the same as mine. ¡°Did everyone else in the escape team go to the Rome World Tower?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°But as I asked you earlier, why didn¡¯t you go with them? If you were going to wait anyway, you could¡¯ve waited for me there.¡± As I posed the question again, Jisoo frowned. There was something that had annoyed her, and her irritation seems to be directed toward something other than me. ¡°First of all, I don¡¯t like places where there are a lot of people. More than anything, I didn¡¯t like that man, Dong-Kwon Park.¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°He stinks.¡± Does he? Park Dong-Kwon didn¡¯t have a particularly strange smell. Does she mean that he stinks metaphorically? Because Park Dong-Kwon was not at the level of acting as skillfully as in the previous round and deceiving others. If it was the sharp Ji-Soo, she might have figured out the garbage-like part of him. ¡®Has she already analyzed him? The more I see her, the more talented she seems.¡¯ First of all, the fact that she has the Thousand Deaths as a starting skill is terrifying. She seems to have a trait too, so if she hadn¡¯t died early in the last round, she would¡¯ve definitely become a famous player. Though, I don¡¯t know if it¡¯d be as a hero or a villain. ¡°Are we going straight to Rome Tower?¡± ¡°No, let¡¯s take our time. After all, the time limit is two weeks, right?¡± ¡°Oh, yeah.¡± The duration of this quest is quite long. Compared to the first main quest which took only 2 days, this quest took 14 days. Of course, there are lots of traps everywhere. ¡®By the way, there really aren¡¯t any Observers here.¡¯ Considering that Jisoo was waiting here, I thought there might be several. Unlike me, Ji-Soo should¡¯ve been quite eye-catching. ¡°Ji-Soo, I¡¯m curious about something.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Did you become a God¡¯s avatar?¡± ¡°No.¡± No? So that¡¯s why there are no observers. After the first main quest is over, the requests from the gods should be pouring in. Talented players scream with joy as multiple gods requested them to be their avatars. ¡®Well, nobody asked me to be their avatar.¡¯ When I opened the notification window just in case there was a request I didn¡¯t know of, I saw no one had requested for me to be an avatar. I did act like I died so I guess that¡¯s to be expected. Even in my previous round, I did not receive an avatar application at this time. At that time, I didn¡¯t show anything special, I just ran away, so I would be of no merit to the gods. It was later that I became the avatar of a god. ¡°But why didn¡¯t you become an avatar? The notification window must¡¯ve informed you about the benefits of the avatar.¡± Since no one requested me, the notification window itself did not appear, but if a person receives at least one application, they will hear an explanation about the benefits of being an avatar. There are usually no players that don¡¯t choose to be an avatar after hearing about all the benefits. ¡°I don¡¯t want to serve someone I don¡¯t even know the face of. Especially the word ¡®Avatar¡¯, just hearing it gives me a bad feeling.¡± ¡°¡­. Weren¡¯t you originally a little more casual?¡± As I thought about it before, Jisoo had a kinder personality to others. I heard that she was popular in the department because she was kind and caring for others. Come to think of it, it was strange that she started hanging out with me. I didn¡¯t have many friends, and I wasn¡¯t a sociable person either. Even so, Jisoo got along well with me. But the current Jisoo was making infinitely cold judgments for others except me. ¡®Is it the influence of the Thousand Deaths?¡¯ It was too subtle a change for that. If she had been really affected, she should have become a bloodthirsty madman. Considering that even that ¡®Cheon Ma¡¯ couldn¡¯t completely ignore the effects of Thousand Deaths, Jisoo¡¯s current state can be said to be an exceptional case. ¡°Being extremely kind just seems¡­..meaningless now.¡± At the words that Jisoo muttered, I nodded my head understandingly. Well, it¡¯s a personal matter, so I didn¡¯t ask anymore. She¡¯s not going to hurt me anyway. I turned around and brought up the topic of Gods again. ¡°Then how many avatar requests did you receive?¡± ¡°Um, was it twelve?¡± Twelve. It was quite a high level of recognition. When I heard the names that Jisoo listed out, they were a few mind-blowing gods on the list. Ji-Soo seemed so coveted. ¡®And she is a member of my party now.¡¯ A woman who refused to sign a contract with one of the gods some of which are extremely famous, unhesitatingly signed a contract with me. I felt an unknown feeling rose inside of me. ¡®I will raise you better than becoming the avatar of God.¡¯ I was thinking of taking some time to do that. ¡°Follow me, first of all. We need to find a place to stay. We¡¯re not going to keep staying here, are we?¡± ¡°Ah yes.¡± Jisoo meekly nodded her head. ¡®If Jisoo had signed a contract, a few observers would have followed her.¡¯ It would¡¯ve been a little annoying since our actions would be restricted. But she refused a whopping number of twelve requests, and waited for me for hours without doing anything, so the observers left. This is a really good thing for us. I and Jisoo entered a suitable empty house and sat down. Perhaps the owner of the house was attacked by monsters roaming the streets, since the house was very bloody. Now that I finished tidying up, I sat down and was thinking about the future. ¡®Is it better to exchange skills first?¡¯ We have about a week or so amount of time to do the things we want to. First of all, I had to check my new skills, and I was going to strengthen my Ji-Soo. ¡®Even now, most players won¡¯t be able to compete with her.¡¯ Currently, some of the points I acquire are shared with Jisoo, and I have been acquiring a large number of points by wearing a VIP brooch. With the game system we can use points to raise our stats, Ji-Soo will show a big difference from other people with her basic stats even if she doesn¡¯t have Thousand Deaths. ¡®Which one is better?¡¯ I thought of giving things that would fit Jisoo as well as possible and giving her good skills. But I couldn¡¯t decide on which skill to share. Because both were skills that would have fit Jisoo well. == The Finality Of Time (F) (Growth Type) All of your actions are accelerated for a certain amount of time. Duration: 5 seconds. Cooldown: 1 hour. == First of all, the skill ¡®the finality of time¡¯. Needless to say. For Jisoo, who will focus on melee combat, the finality of time is a skill that can greatly increase both survivability and attack. Its duration is very short for now, but it was clear that the duration would become quite long later on. ¡®Since more than anything else, it¡¯s a growth type.¡¯ Growth-type skills showed a slightly better effect even with the same grade. In other words, if we develop it into an S-class, it becomes a skill that is more effective than other S-class skills. Of course, it is difficult to grow it up to that point, but considering the second half, the growth-type skill was the best. ¡®Then, regeneration.¡¯ == Regeneration (F) (growth type) Recovers damages taken by the body 50% faster. == Unlike ¡®the finality of time¡¯, it was very simple. But that one is an active skill, while this one is passive. ¡®She showed that much resilience even with just the effects of Thousand Death and the VIP brooch, and if she learns this too¡­.¡¯ If she grows regeneration up to S-class, it will not be easy for Jisoo to die unless she gets her whole head blown away. Most of all, it would be noticeable right now even if it¡¯s F-class, her recovery speed would be increased by 50%, so we¡¯ll get to see the effect. ¡®What¡¯s best for her¡­.¡± As long as she is registered as a party member, Jisoo will likely be my right arm in the future. So I had to choose carefully. And 10 minutes later. I exchanged a skill with Jisoo. Translator¡¯s Notes: I hate you, WordPress. Can someone please be my proofreader? I can¡¯t find any mistake in my translation. Maybe it¡¯s because I was the one who translated it. Chapter 11 [Sharing a skill with party members.] [Shared Skill ¡¸Regeneration¡¹] [Acquired Skill ¡¸Thousand Deaths¡¹] When the skill was exchanged, a simple notification window appeared. ¡®The finality of time is good too, but regeneration would be better for Jisoo to maximize her talents.¡¯ I thought about which of the two skills would suit Jisoo, but my choice was regeneration. The finality of time was a good skill, but it was because it seemed like the replay would suit Jisoo. [As your bond with your party members are still shallow, the ability of the shared skill drops to 30%.] [As your bond with your party members deepen, the ability of the shared skill shall increase, 80% being the maximum amount.] [However, the shared skills will not share the side effects that the original skill has.] ¡®¡­. What?¡¯ I was momentarily taken aback by the sudden remark. ¡®My bond with my party members? I can only use 30%?¡¯ No, there was no such explanation. == Thousand Death (S): +30% damage to humanoids When giving or receiving damage, your maximum attack power and HP regeneration are increased by 30%. == Originally, it would have added the phrase, ¡°You can fall into madness with abnormal status.¡± However, the effects are lowered and the side effects seem to have disappeared. ¡®Madness is a side effect.¡¯ Thousand Death¡¯s power comes from madness, but I guess it still works without madness. Moreover, as the bond deepens, the skill effect also increases, so this was better. ¡°¡­..But what do we have to do to deepen the bond?¡± At the same time, Jisoo also squinted her eyes as if she had checked the notification window that came up while sharing her skill. ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± ¡°Well whatever, we can find out later.¡± Jisoo meekly agreed and continued. ¡°It¡¯s good that we could obtain skills straight away like this.¡± Perhaps the ¡®regeneration¡¯ skill shared with Jisoo can only be used by 30%. Considering that it is a growth-type skill, the effect would be very insignificant right now. Jisoo also had a bitter smile knowing that fact. ¡°But I¡¯m a little worried that we don¡¯t have an attack skill.¡± ¡°Regeneration is an aggressive enough skill.¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t this just a recovery skill?¡± ¡°An excellent survival skill is also an excellent attack skill.¡± You¡¯ll find out if you play this game a bit more. The importance of survival. ¡°You can ignore attacks that other people would have to avoid. If you get hit, you¡¯ll recover quickly. Moreover, regeneration is not just for regenerating wounds. It also regenerates physical issues like stamina too.¡± Dodging and attacking, both require stamina. An average person not only takes time to recover that stamina but also gets tired as time goes by. However, the regeneration skill quickly restores such strength and fatigue. ¡°It¡¯s a top-notch skill. Of course, right now, it will only make us recover just a little faster at the moment, but as the skill level goes up, it will become even more amazing, right?¡± ¡°Oh¡­¡­¡± Jisoo nodded. ¡°It¡¯s definitely a good skill. Thank you.¡± ¡°The skill I got from you is better though.¡± I¡¯d choose Thousand Death over Regeneration any day. I glanced out the window. Monsters were roaming the streets. ¡®They should be at the second stage by now.¡¯ I wondered if Hyun-Kyun and the people he led had successfully arrived at the next stage. I¡¯ve done everything I can do for them right now, so he¡¯ll have to take care of the rest. ¡®I want them to live, but I have no intention of protecting them.¡¯ To survive in this world, you have to be strong. They should know that by now. ¡°Aren¡¯t we supposed to kill monsters too? I think we should earn points.¡± Jisoo saying that was like asking what¡¯s for lunch today. ¡®¡­..Isn¡¯t she adapting too quickly?¡¯ I wonder if she was the same girl who trembled when she first saw those monsters. She seemed to have changed from the moment she slaughtered the goblins, but even so, her fear of fighting monsters was too light. She¡¯s also quick to understand. Whatever, what¡¯s good is good, so I decided to take full advantage of this advantage. ¡°No. We have more to do than that.¡± ¡°¡­.?¡± Jisoo looked at me with puzzled eyes. ¡°The second quest¡¯s time limit is long, so we have a lot of time to spare, right?¡± ¡°Yeah, the time limit was fourteen days.¡± ¡°Yes, so I plan to learn new skills before entering the next stage.¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t this already enough?¡± ¡°What we have now is good, but there are some things that just aren¡¯t enough.¡± With the excellent rewards we got, it can be said that we have already started in a better position than the average players. But that¡¯s just not enough. It takes more than that to compete with the avatar of the gods. ¡°Because, besides the regeneration skill, you have another skill you can learn.¡± ¡°Yes? But skill sharing is¡­..¡± ¡°This is a skill that can be taught without having to share the skill.¡± Jisoo looked at me in shock and nodded slowly. ¡°I¡¯m thankful but were you normally like this? You¡¯re giving me a lot. You used to not care about others and what happened to them.¡± ¡°¡­.¡± Her shock pricked me a little. Obviously, as Jisoo said, I wasn¡¯t the type to give things to others. At least so far¡­I mean. So, Jisoo¡¯s suspicion was justified. ¡®No matter how selfish you are, you should repay the kindness you received in your previous life.¡¯ There was also the intention of nurturing Jisoo as a party member, but I did not forget that Jisoo died trying to save me in my previous life. It was for such a complex reason that I took care of the index. ¡°Hmmm, anyway, it will definitely suit you. The name is just right for you.¡± ¡°What skill is it?¡± ¡°Berserker¡¯s Heavenly Blood.¡± It¡¯s the blood demon¡¯s martial arts, and a killing method specialized for demons who have the power to kill. No skill suited Jisoo better than this. To learn a skill, you usually need a trigger that generates the skill. Of course, there are different types of triggers for each skill, but in the case of this skill, you need to have the skill Thousand Death. ¡®But even without the skill in the previous round, I was able to get a deep understanding of martial arts.¡¯ The ¡®hyulma¡¯, who is a blood demon, is an exception. It was very easy to learn if you had the Thousand Death Skill as it is a martial art that can only be learned by demons with the Heavenly Murderer¡¯s Physique. ¡®But the big problem is that the skill is extremely rare and difficult to possess completely.¡¯ Possessing the Thousand Death Skill will usually turn you into a madman. So it¡¯s hard to be sane enough to learn martial arts. Only a small number of human beings who fit into the heavenly nature can tune their minds, but even so, the fact that they are humans is no different. Anyway, the martial arts itself is easy to learn, but it can be said that the conditions are difficult. ¡®I didn¡¯t even learn it in my previous round.¡¯ Because there I didn¡¯t have the Heavenly Murderer¡¯s Physique. (T/N: #1) I fought the blood demon, and had a relationship with him, obtaining the enlightenment and the strength of martial arts, but was not able to learn it because I didn¡¯t have the skill Thousand Death. (T/N: #2) This time, by sharing the skill with Jisoo, I got the Heavenly Murderer¡¯s Physique, so I could learn it, but to be honest, I wasn¡¯t very attracted to it. Because it¡¯s a martial art that doesn¡¯t really fit my personality. ¡®¡­.by the way.¡¯ I glanced at Jisoo, who was eating breakfast next to me. ¡®How can she learn the skill up to 1 star in just 5 days?¡¯ Martial art skills are usually growth-type skills. It is difficult to understand and difficult to obtain. Blood Thousand Sura Gong is one of the highest rank among martial arts. (T/N: #3) Even if she has the skill Thousand Death, making it a lot easier to learn, this is too much. ¡®Although I did help her a lot¡­.¡¯ Among the party member bonuses was the effect of a rapid rise in skill proficiency. ¡®Even so, it¡¯s too fast.¡¯ At this speed, even the geniuses who said they could fly in Moorim could not keep up. Perhaps, if I had tried to learn it now, I could have learned it at a similar speed, but that is because I have already heard about it from the blood demon. ¡®The people of Jin will be shocked to see this, they might even faint and go into a coma.¡¯ I was already looking forward to what kind of face that blood demon would make. I was surprised, but there was nothing really special about it. I¡¯ve seen a few geniuses like this in my past life. Geniuses who are so formidable that human effort seems to be in vain. But it was me who survived. ¡®Anyway, we should start slowly.¡¯ Originally, I only had to learn the fortune breakfast for a week, and after telling me the structure of the inner gong, I only tried to learn the blood stream if possible. (T/N: wtf is this?!?! This is the literal translation since Idk wtf these are.) However, Jisoo¡¯s performance was much better than expected, so I thought I could move two days earlier. ¡®Hmm¡­.¡¯ Before moving on, I had one thing to look at. ¡°Connect to community.¡± As soon as I finished speaking, several large notification windows appeared. It is the ¡°community¡± of the gods. ¡®It¡¯s much more active than when I first came in.¡¯ At that time, there were few bulletin boards, but now there are also strategy bulletin boards and exchanges used by the gods. Of course, the place I checked was the chat room. Unlike before, chat rooms were divided by region, that is, by servers. The place I would participate in was, of course, a chat room where local gods in Seoul participated. [Anonymous 48 has entered.] [Honest Life: Ugh, this is really annoying, I wish I could kill them all.] [Darkness in the Dark: Kill what? This is really amusing~.] As soon as I entered the chat room, weird sentences came up. ¡®Honest Life¡­¡¯ It¡¯s a familiar nickname. This guy is the god who made Dong-Kwon Park his avatar. His ID is ¡®honest life¡¯, but he is a god furthest from honesty. In the first place, such an ID was made to deceive others. Usually, the ID of the gods is the same as the outside appearance of the players, so there are many IDs that show one¡¯s achievements or power as a god. Of course, there is no law that says it has to be so, so there are some gods who make their own choices. Honest Life was the latter. ¡®Park Dong-Kwon seems to be quiet.¡¯ Since Hyun-Kyun is alive and well, it will be difficult to move around. The fact that his god is complaining is evidence of that. Perhaps he was spared because he didn¡¯t receive an overwhelming reward in the first place like in his previous round. ¡®Anyway, that¡¯s not what¡¯s important right now.¡¯ I kept watching the conversation in the chat room. Most of the conversations were meaningless. Some avatars are active, so I was wondering if there was something good in the sub-quest. Jester: Ah~ My avatar has talent but is a bit stupid. To rob a bank with my precious skill. It¡¯s fun to think about how he¡¯ll regret it later though. Then, the ID I was waiting for caught my eye. Anonymous 48: Why is he robbing a bank? Money has no worth on earth anymore. Jester: Ah, I don¡¯t know~. It¡¯s still funny to watch so I¡¯m gonna let him do what he wants. Anonymous 48: Interesting¡­ Can I watch it too? Jester: Sure, It doesn¡¯t matter. [Jester has invited you to her Observer.] Oh? It has this function too? Observers are usually managed by the GM, but gods can also use individual observers if they choose a player as their avatar. Did Jester invite me to her personal channel? Jester: You¡¯re here. Over there~! That¡¯s my avatar, what do you think? A small video appeared in the corner of the community. What was reflected on the screen was a bank, which was quite a confusing scene. A player fighting a player. Jester: They can¡¯t use earth¡¯s money anymore, stupid humans. Anonymous 48: Is it your avatar that created this situation? Jester: It would have been more fun that way, but my avatar is a small citizen. See that? The screen was enlarged. A man with a gun leading a crowd caught my eye. A person with the impression of being very righteous. Jester: That¡¯s my avatar. At that, I smiled softly. ¡®Found him. So he¡¯s there at this time?¡¯ Because this guy was the key card to deal with ¡®that monster¡¯ in Lome Tower. Translator¡¯s Notes 1: I think Heavenly Murderer¡¯s Physique is Thousand Deaths¡­.? IDK. 2: Please someone help me T-T. I don¡¯t know what these words called ¡®gugong¡¯ ¡®simdeuk¡¯ are, help. 3: Is ¡®Blood Thousand Sura Gong¡¯ the same martial art as ¡®Berserker¡¯s Heavenly Blood¡¯? Is he talking about a different martial art? Can someone decipher these things for me? My brain is exploding. Chapter 12 ¡°Where are we going now? Rome World Tower is not in this direction.¡± After getting ready, we went out of our own room and headed in the opposite direction, not the direction where the Lome Tower was. Naturally, Jisoo was quite puzzled by the sudden change of route. ¡°We still have time anyway.¡± ¡°But it¡¯s been about a week. What if they kill the boss monster before we arrive?¡± ¡°No, that will never happen.¡± ¡°¡­.Why?¡± Even if you ask me, I don¡¯t have the words to answer. I just know ¡°I know everything.¡± ¡°Then tell me why?¡± ¡°It¡¯s a secret.¡± ¡°¡­..¡± Jisoo¡¯s eyes narrowed. As if asking ¡®what the hell are you talking about?¡¯ I coughed and decided to turn away. ¡°Ahem, hmm. Anyway, this is all related to the second quest.¡± ¡°¡­Okay.¡± Perhaps she recognized that even if she kept asking, I wouldn¡¯t tell her anyway, so Jisoo replied positively. ¡®Anyway.¡¯ I stared at the sky. A blue sky that did not match the current situation caught my eye. ¡®There are almost no observers here.¡¯ Which means that there are very few players who survived the stage in this area. ¡®This is pretty normal.¡¯ Rather, it was our stage that had too many survivors. Perhaps the observers who heard the rumor from the other gods also flocked to Rome World Tower now. ¡°The streets are a mess. Is it the monsters¡¯ work?¡± The streets were a hotbed of garbage. Several rotting corpses had been left unattended, and the shops looked like they had been looted. ¡°No, most of these are done by humans. Since monsters wouldn¡¯t have any interest in human civilization.¡± ¡°I see. There wouldn¡¯t be any police or military so I guess the laws are useless now.¡± Tuk. Jisoo said while pushing the corpse of a monster blocking her way. A goblin. Since the world has turned into a game, monsters have been created on all stages. It also included a stage where no players were chosen, so to speak, inhabited by ordinary people. ¡°There are still police, but they are mainly focused on the area where the stages are created. Because there are places that doesn¡¯t have a stage or have no survivors.¡± ¡°Makes sense, since the TVs are still broadcasting live fine right?¡± ¡°But an organization like the government must have been effectively disbanded. Because GMs can¡¯t afford to let anyone other than them take control of this planet.¡± ¡°Well, come to think of it, there was no government announcement at all.¡± TV broadcasts continued to pour out news, but there was no government-related content. I¡¯m guessing the GMs are already in control. ¡°To your right.¡± ¡°Oh, yes.¡± As soon as I pointed my finger, Jisoo¡¯s right arm flashed. Choak! ¡°Kyaak!¡± A goblin hiding in a pile of garbage succumbed to death. Jisoo killed it with a single swing, but she grumbled as she stared at the rusty knife in her hand. ¡°I think we need to change our weapons. The durability is running out and I think it will break soon.¡± ¡°But you still killed it in one blow¡­?¡± ¡°That¡¯s because our skill does extra damage to all humanoid enemies.¡± Even goblins are humanoids. Right. Since my shared skill does 30% additional damage, Jisoo¡¯s original skill does 100% additional damage. ¡®How I was at this time in my previous life.¡¯ I definitely killed some goblins, but I didn¡¯t get to kill them this easily. ¡°Anyway, let¡¯s go and get some weapons after we finish this.¡± ¡°How long till we get there?¡± ¡°We¡¯re almost there¡­¡­ There it is.¡± The place I pointed to was a building that looked about five stories tall. ¡°A bank?¡± ¡°Yup.¡± ¡°Why a bank? Are you withdrawing money?¡± ¡°As if. Money has no value anymore. There isn¡¯t anything that you can buy even if you have a ton of money. It¡¯d be different if you trade with points though.¡± Having said that, Jisoo tilted her head. ¡°Then?¡± ¡°There is someone I¡¯m looking for.¡± I talked to Jester and looked for ¡®his¡¯ location and current appearance, but it was clear that he would move to another place after a while. That¡¯s why I came here in a hurry. ¡°I¡¯ll block these guys, please run away quickly!¡± ¡°Ah, what about you!¡± ¡°I¡¯m going to stop these guys, so go ahead!¡± Screams and shouts were heard near the building. The situation showed that a policeman was dealing with a few robbers, and people were running away in the midst of it. ¡°Shit! What the hell is this bastard?!¡± ¡°Why is he so strong?!¡± A few men holding sharp knives surrounded the police officer, staying vigilant. They were players. ¡°¡­.A bank robbery?¡± ¡°Yes, that¡¯s right.¡± It¡¯s not unheard of. Monsters have appeared and security has become a mess, so there can¡¯t be no trash targeting that gap. ¡°Are you going to stop them?¡± ¡°No. Even if I don¡¯t step in, he will solve it.¡± I came here to see it. ¡°How are you so strong?! I am a player!¡± More than ten people were lying around the robber who was swearing and shouting. It was a lot, considering they were taken down by a single person. It was proof that the police officer was far stronger than the robbers. ¡°Now that everyone has fled, I don¡¯t need to hold back anymore,¡± ¡°What?¡± The policeman uttered a sentence and rushed at the robbers, and it took less than a minute to knock out all of them. ¡°Incredible¡­¡­. All those robbers are players, right?¡± ¡°Right.¡± ¡°But does he have any special skills to be able to overwhelm them like that?¡± ¡°There¡¯s something like that, but there¡¯s a more fundamental reason.¡± Skills, of course, are one of them. However, the reason that he was able to overwhelm the robbers was not simply because of his skill, but because he was the avatar of God. ¡°Hoo. It¡¯s over now.¡± With a sigh, the guy looked around to make sure that no one else was there, and our eyes met. ¡°Eh?¡± He had a confused face for a moment but then smiled softly. ¡°It¡¯s dangerous here. Since this is a bank, robbers will keep coming. Please go somewhere else quickly.¡± He had a very reliable tone and expression. I stuck my tongue out at the sight of a truly ideal police officer. ¡°No, I¡¯m sorry, but I didn¡¯t come because I had business to do with the bank.¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, of course. After all, under these circumstances, the bank cannot work properly. So, are you here to seek refuge?¡± ¡°No, not that either.¡± ¡°Then?¡± I smiled at him as he asked with a puzzled face. ¡°Well, I came to see you. Lee Min-ah.¡± ¡°¡­¡­?!¡± The policeman¡¯s eyes widened. But after a moment, he smiled with the same trusty policeman¡¯s smile as before. ¡°Lee Min-ah? This is the first time I¡¯ve heard of this name. My name is Gyeongcheol Nam.¡± Jisoo suddenly grabbed the policeman¡¯s wrist at the sight of him speaking confidently. ¡°Huck?!¡± Jisoo, who was watching the police officer frozen by her sudden action, said in a low voice. ¡°His pulse sped up. It seems like you¡¯re quite flustered.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± ¡°And your pupils are dilated, it¡¯s obvious that you¡¯re surprised by what Oppa just said. It wasn¡¯t a big deal, but seeing you react like this is suspicious.¡± ¡°¡­¡­ Yeah?¡± ¡°Oppa, you already knew this would happen didn¡¯t you?¡± Yes¡­I did, but¡­ What are you doing, this is so scary. ¡°You, who are you?¡± The policeman¡¯s face was pale as if he was embarrassed. To be honest, I was embarrassed too, but I pretended to be as calm as possible. Now that the situation is like this, let¡¯s just go along with it. ¡°A person who knows your true identity.¡± ¡°What the hell is that?¡± ¡°Oh? Your voice cracked.¡± ¡°This fuc¡­!¡± His acting isn¡¯t perfect yet. I looked around as he bit his lower lip. A little distance away, I saw an observer looking at us. Probably the Jester¡¯s observer. There¡¯s no need to worry about that woman interfering. Since she likes fun situations. In addition, she must be bored observing her avatar robbing banks, so this situation itself would be interesting. ¡°So¡­..How did you know? Ugh, your grip was too strong, lady. That hurts.¡± ¡°Why would I tell you?¡± ¡°Haaah..¡± ¡°So are you still going to hide it?¡± The moment I said that a pale light flashed from him, and there stood a girl with short hair with a different impression in a high school uniform. Her height was shorter than Jisoo¡¯s, so she was about two heads shorter than me. ¡°Yeah, why did you come to me? I¡¯m busy.¡± ¡°Busy robbing the bank?¡± ¡°Hey, it¡¯s not like that!¡± Lee Min-ah was probably 19 years old at this time. Her looks alone make her look two or three years younger than me, but she¡¯s definitely 19. ¡°Sehan oppa, what happened?¡± ¡°Probably her skill. The ability to transform into another person.¡± She can not only transform into humans, but animals and monsters as well. But if I said that, Lee Min-ah will think I¡¯m suspicious. She¡¯s already suspicious and thinking about it, but I don¡¯t need to scrape it to make a crumb. ¡°What do you mean robbing the bank? It looked like she was helping people.¡± ¡°Yeah, I was helping people. When I talk to people in the form of a police officer, people will trust me more.¡± I laughed out loud at Minah¡¯s brazen talk. ¡°Aren¡¯t you the one who lured the robbers here in the first place?¡± ¡°¡­.. What?¡± ¡°A lot of people were hiding at the bank right? So didn¡¯t you instigated the robbers to make the people here run away?¡± ¡°No! Then why did I take down the robbers!¡± ¡°That¡¯s to hog the money, right? If you use the robbers to drive here a few times, people will think this place is dangerous and run away. Like what we saw earlier.¡± ¡°Ugh.¡± Minah¡¯s mouth was tightly shut. ¡®It¡¯s a technique you used frequently in your past life, how can I not know.¡¯ No one in Seoul can track Park Dong-Kwon and this woman. ¡®Considering the words of the Jester, it seems that she already repeated this several times.¡¯ Even if the robbers attacked, she would eventually take care of everything herself, so probably no one was injured. That doesn¡¯t change the fact that she¡¯s a thief though. ¡°So what? Are you going to hand me over to the police?¡± ¡°No. In any case, under the current circumstances, there wouldn¡¯t be any proper police or prison anymore. And even if you go there, it won¡¯t be that hard to escape.¡± ¡°¡­. Then?¡± ¡°I need you to accompany me for a while.¡± ¡°For how long?¡± ¡°Until we completely clear the second quest.¡± A smirk appeared on Minah¡¯s face at those words. ¡°You¡¯re only on the second quest? I¡¯m already on my third quest. What stage are you from?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t need to tell you that. So just decide whether you¡¯ll follow me or not.¡± ¡°Are you an Idiot? Why would I follow you?¡± I responded with a smirk to Minah, who turned her head as if she would never follow me. ¡°I will give you points if you follow me.¡± ¡°Ha! How many points do you think a player who hasn¡¯t even completed his second quest yet has? Stop trying to bluff.¡± She said with her tone optimized to poke people¡¯s nerves. ¡®I¡¯ve heard so many things like this in my past life, so I don¡¯t really care.¡¯ Considering the future, it was necessary to educate her a little. Flick! ¡°Ouch!¡± When I flicked my finger on the forehead, the girl¡¯s head tilted back. ¡°What, what? Why the hell hit my head?¡± It was a simple flick, but now that my strength has reached the limit of the main quest, that flick must¡¯ve hurt. It must have been the shock that a single flick would be so strong. Moreover, since I invested a lot in agility too, Minah, who is just doing the third main quest, will not be able to avoid it or stop it. ¡°Did you hit me? Do you think I¡¯ll do what you say even if you flick me?¡± Minah said that and turned to get away from me. Well, she tried to turn. ¡°Hey, won¡¯t you let me go?¡± ¡°I do not feel like it.¡± Minah¡¯s wrist had been held by Jisoo ever since the start. Minah tried to shake her arm to shake Jisoo off, but Jisoo¡¯s arm didn¡¯t budge. ¡°Hey, you think I won¡¯t be able to get out of this?¡± A pale light flowed from Minah¡¯s body. It¡¯s a sign of transformation. Woojik! ¡°Kia-aak?! It¡¯ll break! My arm will break!¡± But that too was released with a scream when Jisoo grabbed his wrist tightly. ¡°If you lose concentration from the pain, you can¡¯t transform right?¡± ¡°Ugh.¡± Minah shrugged her shoulders at Jisoo¡¯s uncaring words. It was a sight that an ordinary person could only feel pity for, but Jisoo seemed to have no interest in whether Min-ah struggled or not since she was in pain. She seemed to be able to crush a human arm like a cookie. ¡°And you seem to be young, I wish you were a little more polite. Right? Humans have respect, don¡¯t they?¡± ¡°Ah Okay. I know¡­¡± Minah tried to avoid Jisoo¡¯s gaze and looked up at me secretly. It was a pathetic gaze as if asking me to stop Jisoo. Naturally, I responded with a bright, soft smile at that gaze. ¡°If you accompany us, she will release you.¡± So, when we say that we will give you points from the beginning, it would have been good if you quietly followed us Chapter 13 ¡°By the way, Unni and Oppa are avatars¡­. right? Lee Min-ah, who had been walking silently after almost getting her hand broken by Jisoo, carefully opened her mouth. It seems that being thrashed by Jisoo has become quite traumatic to her. ¡°We¡¯re not avatars. And stop being so awkward, just say it comfortably.¡± ¡°Ah, thank you. Then why are you so strong?¡± ¡°Becoming an avatar is definitely one of the ways to get stronger quickly, but it¡¯s not necessarily to become one to get stronger.¡± There are many benefits to becoming an avatar, but if you know how to become stronger, even a normal player could become stronger. ¡®Avatars are definitely more favourable to get stronger when you put the same amount of effort as normal players.¡¯ Even so, I had no intention of becoming an avatar of God. Because Avatars had a huge flaw. ¡°O¡­. kay?¡± Perhaps it was difficult to understand what I was saying, so Minah glanced up with a confused expression. In that direction, an observer was following us. The Jester¡¯s observer. ¡®About seven days left.¡¯ There was still quite a bit of time left. It¡¯s okay to go straight to Rome Tower, but¡­. ¡°Equipment.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± Jisoo turned to look at me, murmuring. ¡°I think it would be a good idea to get some equipment before going to Rome Tower.¡± ¡°But, isn¡¯t the rusty iron sword that the goblins carry the only piece of equipment in this area?¡± ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s if you only look for dropped items.¡± Most of the monsters that appear in the streets are still low-level monsters. Among them, the only monsters carrying weapons are goblins. The weapons they have are of poor quality and cannot be used for a long time. ¡°Can¡¯t we just use a kitchen knife from the supermarket?¡± ¡°Would that really help? Monsters each have their own magical fields, so it¡¯s easy dodge with objects that are originally from this world.¡± ¡°¡­. Right. I¡¯m not sure if I¡¯m want to die holding a kitchen knife¡­¡­¡± ¡°Since low-level monsters have very little magical power in their body. If a slightly stronger monster comes out, neither a kitchen knife nor a gun will work.¡± Minah kept her mouth shut at my words and made a dissatisfied expression. ¡°Then where can we get weapons?¡± ¡°It¡¯s simple. You just buy them.¡± I pointed my finger at a roadside convenience store. ¡°We can¡¯t even use kitchen knives. But in the first place, convenience stores don¡¯t even sell knives, do they?¡± Minah chimed in from behind, but I did not intend to explain anything to her. Jisoo followed silently, even she looked a little puzzled, but as she familiar with this behavior, she did not ask. And as I stepped into the convenience store, I heard a notification as expected. [You have entered a safe zone.] ¡°There was a safe zone here?¡± Minah¡¯s eyes widened and looked back at me. ¡°How did you know this was a safe zone?¡± ¡°When you see the state of the store, you get a sense of it.¡± ¡°Ah.¡± Jisoo slightly admired my words and looked around the convenience store. At a glance, it was a mess like other stores, but there was a clear difference. ¡°There¡¯s no sign that monsters have invaded here.¡± ¡°Then why is it messed up?¡± ¡°This place was ransacked by people. Monsters don¡¯t eat these foods.¡± Jisoo was quick to understand. ¡®Lee Min-ah have been on the smart side from my memory¡­..¡¯ It takes a long time before I met Lee Min-ah. At least 5 years later. At that time, she was a little colder and had a deeper personality. ¡°But how do you buy weapons here?¡± ¡°Point shop open.¡± Kugugung! As soon as I finished my sentence, something like a giant vending machine sprang up from the ground. ¡°What, what is this?¡± ¡°Can¡¯t you see? It¡¯s a point store.¡± Point shops can be used in safe zones created in general stages except for the main stage where the main quest is performed. In the case of the DLC shop, you can usually get consumables, catalysts and materials that are usually hard to get. In the case of the point shop, you can only purchase weapons or basic potions. ¡°I had no idea this existed.¡± Seeing Minah muttering blankly, I stuck my tongue out inwardly. ¡®It seems that her God didn¡¯t tell her.¡¯ Considering the character of the Jester, it was obvious that she knew it but didn¡¯t tell her. Since she¡¯s a sadist. She enjoys seeing things like that, seeing people with a sad expression on their face. ¡®She is the one of the highest level god, and has certain abilities, but has a very weird personality.¡¯ I sent my heartfelt condolences to Minah, who became the avatar of such a god. ¡°I found this out by accident too, so don¡¯t blame yourself too much.¡± ¡°How did you find out by chance?¡± ¡°You can find it in the ¡®Others¡¯ section of the help.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t see it?¡± ¡°Look carefully at the notes in small print.¡± For reference, it is very difficult to find it, so it is not strange that Jisoo, who read the help thoroughly, to not be able to find it. It¡¯s in a position where you can feel the ill will of the GM trying to make the players suffer as much as possible. ¡®Most of them are just basic weapons and equipment too.¡¯ They don¡¯t even sell good potions. Probably because selling good potions in the early stages will greatly increases the chance of survival. ¡®Still, there is currently no means to obtain high-quality equipment¡­.¡¯ After a while, players who can craft things will appear, and named monsters that carries proper weapons will appear. But at least until then, we need a weapon to use. I brought three daggers and one shortsword of moderate length. And purchased suitable armors. The price was a little out of place, but I had a lot of points, so I didn¡¯t care about it. ¡°Han Ji-soo.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Here¡¯s an armor. Save your points your points to raise your stats, so I¡¯ll buy it for you now. Pay me back later.¡± ¡°Oh okay. Thanks I¡¯ll pay you back.¡± Originally, Jisoo was the type of person who didn¡¯t like to be in debt to others, but the situation was dire, so she accepted it with no complaints. ¡®He probably wrote all the points.¡¯(T/N: Jisoo POV?) Considering how he was able to kill some monsters while coming here, it seemed like he invested a lot of points in his abilities. Obviously there won¡¯t be any points left to buy equipment. ¡°What weapon are you going to use? A sword too?¡± ¡°Can I know what kind it is?¡± There were quite a few different types of weapons. They also had swords and spears, and blunts and bows. ¡°I want to fight with a blunt weapon.¡± After hearing the explanation, Jisoo asked for a blunt weapon. Frankly, it was a little unexpected. People usually wasbt to use a sword first. ¡®A blunt weapon is better for beginners to handle though.¡¯ In the early days of poorly handling a sword, it is common to miss the sword because blood is clogged or the rigid muscles cannot be properly cut. Jisoo had never made such a mistake before, but the blunt weapon was not a bad choice. Thousand Deaths doesn¡¯t even need a weapon, but it just works better with weapons. ¡°Here.¡± ¡°Thank you.¡± I bought a blunt weapon that could be used with one hand and gave it to Jisoo. A weapon that is commonly known as a mace. As I looked at Jisoo, who was spinning her mace around in the air and measuring the weight, I felt a gaze from the side. ¡°What.¡± ¡°I just thought that maybe you¡¯ll buy for me too.¡± Minah, who was watching me buy for Jisoo, asked in a slightly excited tone. I didn¡¯t even want to buy this one, but it seems like I was drinking a lot of kimchi soup. ¡°Why don¡¯t you buy them yourself? You were the one who refused when Oppa offerd you points in the first place, right?¡± ¡°¡­.Ugh.¡± Minah glared at Jisoo with resentful eyes, but when she saw Jisoo swinging a mace, she quickly turned her gaze. ¡°Anyway, the price of each piece of equipment is at least 200 points. You don¡¯t even have the points.¡± ¡°2¡­200 points? You¡­. No, Oppa where did you get that much points!¡± ¡°If you were smart, you would be rich by now too. Stop robbing banks and collect points.¡± Mina¡¯s shoulders dropped. She looked a little pitiful, but what can she do? It¡¯s all her own karma. It wasn¡¯t too far from where we are now to Rome Tower. It only takes about four hours to walk there. ¡®Let¡¯s see¡­.¡¯ It¡¯s not very good stuff, but I got the right equipment, and there was one thing to experiment with. ¡®There was one thing I didn¡¯t use from the Platinum rating reward.¡¯ What I received as a reward were skills and points. And it there was one more thing. [Compressed Orihalcum: A multi-purpose ore that can be used according to the owner¡¯s will. Orihalcum coating can be applied to the desired equipment. If the coating is removed, it will return to its original stats and shape.] ¡°Hmm.¡± I looked at the small bottle in my hand. There was a liquid that was glistening gold. Orihalcum is a metal with the colour of light golden tint. It has no magic resistance, but in terms of strength, it is the hardest among all metals and is very light. ¡®¡­..Wouldn¡¯t it be a one-time use item?¡¯ Since the classification is ¡®equipment¡¯, there will be no such thing. Even the small print on the bottle is clearly stated that it can be retrieved. Pong. When I opened the bottle cap, I heard a clear sound. ¡®Isn¡¯t it better to coat it on a weapon?¡¯ I took out my short sword and sprayed the deformed Orihalcum. Then, the liquid that escaped from the bottle wrapped around the sword like a slime in an instant. ¡°Oh.¡± The short sword, which had an ordinary appearance until recently, had the entire blade part changed to gold, the color of Orihalcum. ¡®The weight remains the same.¡¯ If it had been coated with Orichalcum as described, the strength and cutting power should have risen significantly. ¡°If I put the bottle close to it¡­.¡± The coating peeled off and turned into a liquid and bottled. It was a lot more useful than I thought. If it is coated with Orichalcum, it can become a weapon that is several times superior to an ordinary sword. It was the best equipment for me who did not buy a new weapon. ¡°I think it¡¯s there.¡± As I was experimenting with the variable Orichalcon on various equipment, Jisoo, who was walking next to me, raised her finger and pointed forward. To the Rome World Tower. ¡°It¡¯s funny to ask now after we finally arrive, but what is the second quest?¡± ¡°Kill the boss monster within the time period.¡± ¡°Boss monster? There was something like that?¡± ¡°What was your second quest?¡± ¡°It just told us to survive.¡± Minah was talking about it casually, but her eyes were strangely empty. It was probably not a good memory. ¡®It¡¯s understandable that the second quest ended quickly.¡¯ It seems that the stage Minah belonged to was not quite fun. Survival is a quest that forces people to ¡®die¡¯ until the number of players falls below a certain level. A lot of people must have died, and Minah must have killed a lot of people too. On the other hand, we moved on to a quite peaceful quest. ¡®If it wasn¡¯t for me, they would have been slaughtered by the sentinels.¡¯ No, they would have been swept away by a horde of goblins led by the hobgoblin without any sentinels appearing like in my previous round. GM Acartus, who manages this place, is such a bastard. ¡°Hoo¡­.¡± As I approached the Rome World Tower, I saw people in black roaming around. It was a completely different scene from what I had seen here in my previous life. ¡°Those people¡­¡± Jisoo frowned at the sight of men walking around with a bloody atmosphere. ¡°Why are they walking around like that?¡± ¡°It¡¯s a boundry.¡± ¡°A boundary? There are no monsters around here though?¡± ¡°I am not for monsters. It¡¯s because thay are being wary of people.¡± Quests are not necessarily tailored to be completed by all players. Like Minah¡¯s survival quest earlier, there was clearly a structure that encouraged competition among players. ¡°Of course, we need to hear from someone who knows the details.¡± I glanced at Minah. I got a rough idea of why those guys were standing on the alert, but there was nothing wrong with hearing the details. ¡°Would you like me to go and find out why they are on the alert from these guys?¡± ¡°That plan is faster. So do you hate it?¡± I smiled and looked to the side. Minah also followed my gaze and looked to the side. Jisoo was wiping her bloodied mace with a handkerchief. It¡¯s the blood of the monsters we dealt with before coming here. Jisoo was better at using the mace better than I thought, and went around breaking the heads of monsters that didn¡¯t even get in our way. If it¡¯s me, the more she get used to it, the better it is for me, but for Minah, it would seem like a nightmare. ¡°I will go.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Minah, bowing her head politely, patted herself. Mina released herself from the stress and moved at a quick pace. Tatak! ¡°Huh?!¡± She hid behind a telephone pole for a moment, and ambushed a passing man in black and knocked him out instantly. It wass a clean, clutter-free operation. ¡®In the end, Lee Min-ah is Lee Min-ah.¡¯ In front of Jisoo, she trembles like a frog in front of a snake, but as a named player in the previous round, she is different from the others. Especially in Minah¡¯s case, she was used to dealing with people rather than monsters. It¡¯s definitely from the impact of the second quest. Minah put the stunned man away somewhere, and then transformed into the man¡¯s appearance. Then she began to walk in the direction where the man had just walked before. Even her gait resembled the man who had just been ambushed before. Translator: Hannaz Proofreader: Salty Chapter 14 ¡°What did you say?¡± It took Minah less than 30 minutes to get the information. Taking a light sigh as she unraveled her transformation, she calmly brought out the story she had heard. ¡°It seems that the quests with other factions overlapped. There is a boss monster at the top of Rome Tower, and they seem to be trying to prevent the other faction from killing it.¡± It was not that different from what I expected. ¡°If it¡¯s another faction¡­..¡± ¡°Probably referring to the people from our university.¡± Note that this is a completely different situation from the previous round. Because there was no need to set boundaries like this in the previous round. Because very few survived the college stage. ¡°Then Rome World Tower is being occupied by them.¡± ¡°Yeah, there¡¯s a good chance that people from college will probably avoid them as well.¡± ¡°But there are so many big buildings around here, it¡¯d be difficult to find them.¡± As Jisoo said, there were department stores nearby, and there were many large buildings. It wouldn¡¯t be too hard to find them if you were looking through each building one by one. But I shook my head slowly. ¡°It¡¯s not that difficult to find them. They should probably be there.¡± ¡°If it¡¯s over there, the subway?¡± I pointed to the entrance of the subway station. ¡°Why the subway?¡± ¡°In case of an emergency, you can run away from the subway, and it is easy to prepare for an attack.¡± ¡°Yeah, the subway station in the basement has a limited entrance, so if you defend it, there is little risk of being attacked.¡± Minah added. If you hid in the building, you could break the windows, even if it was not the front door, or if you were surrounded, you could be isolated and killed. However, since the amount entrances to the subway station are fixed, it is impossible to attack it prematurely, and in case of an emergency, it is possible to escape by the subway path. ¡°Yeah.¡± Hyun-Kyun, the head of the student council, was a smart guy, so he must have moved to the subway station. As we entered the entrance to the nearest station, a few people were guarding it. ¡°Ugh?!¡± Plus, one of them was a familiar figure to me. When he saw us, he was startled and his eyes trembled. ¡°You, weren¡¯t you dead?¡± ¡°Heeh, you¡¯re still alive?¡± The person guarding the entrance was none other than Lee Jong-hyun. He¡¯s a weird guy who comes up and says all sorts of odd things. ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s right. Somehow, I was lucky.¡± Jonghyun smiled awkwardly as he said that. Strangely, his attitude was subservient. What, why? ¡°Since I saw Sehan fighting the Minotaur, it has to be.¡± Jonghyun¡¯s body twitched at Jisoo¡¯s harsh words. Oh, indeed. I didn¡¯t think much of it, but from the perspective of others, I must have looked like a valiant hero who fought against such a huge monster. ¡°It¡¯s fine. Let me meet the student council president.¡± ¡°Hyunkyun-Hyung?¡± ¡°Uh.¡± If it was Jonghyun, there was no need to explain. He glanced at the others around me, then slowly nodded his head. ¡°All right. Then this way.¡± His gaze rested on Minah, who was wearing her high school uniform for a moment, but he turned his back without saying anything. Since Minah looked like a high school student, he seems to have decided that there is no need to be vigilant against her. ¡®This guy is most wary of us.¡¯ In this world, you shouldn¡¯t judge others by their outward appearance. However, not enough time has passed yet for them to accept such values. ¡°Eh? Isn¡¯t he¡­..¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t that the guy who fought the Minotaur?¡± As I went down to the subway station, some people who spotted me chatted. ¡®This.¡¯ It wasn¡¯t just people who were interested, the observers who were watching people inside the station also started to take an interest in me. Of course, it¡¯s not just me. Many observers followed Jisoo, who was next to me. ¡°¡­..¡± So Ji-soo¡¯s face stiffened. After learning that the Observers are still observing people, she seemed to feel repulsed by this situation itself. We were walking while trying to ignore the gazes and observers that were following us, but we stopped after a while. ¡°Wait here. Hyunkyun hyung will be here soon.¡± ¡°Then where are you going?¡± ¡°It¡¯s not time to change shifts yet, so I¡¯ll have to go.¡± After Jonghyun said that, he glanced at Jisoo and then moved slowly. ¡°Isn¡¯t he different from the last time we saw him?¡± ¡°I know, right.¡± Wasn¡¯t he a little more grumpy and nervous back then? ¡°Are all the people here from your previous stage?¡± When Jonghyun left, Minah, who had been silent, looked at me with curious eyes. ¡°Did you do something amazing in the previous stage? Why is the atmosphere like this?¡± ¡°There wasn¡¯t really anything. I just fought monsters while people were running away.¡± ¡°What monster did you fight?¡± ¡°A Minotaur and some goblins.¡± Minah looked at me with eyes that said she couldn¡¯t believe it and asked. ¡°¡­..something like that came out already?¡± ¡°It came out.¡± ¡°What, no matter how¡­.¡± At first, I smiled as if I was lying, but the smile on my lips disappeared as the observers gathered around me. Because the fact that observers flocked to me like this was proof that what I said was true. ¡°How?¡± ¡°it just somehow happened.¡± When I answered moderately, Minaf¡¯s mouth sprawled at once. ¡°No, please explain properly¡­¡­.¡± ¡°Mr. Sehan!¡± I tried to open my mouth again but stopped at someone¡¯s cry. Naturally, the owner of the voice was Hyungyun, whom Jonghyun had just contacted. Perfect timing. ¡°haah, haah.¡± ¡°It¡¯s only been a week.¡± ¡°Oh, yes. Yes.¡± As soon as he heard from Jonghyun, he ran as quickly as possible to me, so he was breathing heavily. ¡°You are still alive? Are you hurt anywhere?¡± ¡°No. I¡¯m fine.¡± He flinched for a moment as I spoke and pulled up his face. As I did look uninjured, Hyun-Kyun could not continue his words. At the strong gaze that is hard to describe, I avoided my gaze. ¡°¡­.Are the others okay?¡± ¡°Yes. This is all thanks to Mr. Sehan who stopped the Minotaur at that time.¡± Hyun-Kyun¡¯s eyes contained infinite trust in me. No, what the hell did I do? As if he had noticed my feelings, Jisoo whispered in a low voice. ¡°From his point of view, it would seem that Sehan Oppa sacrificed himself to let the others escape.¡± Is that so? Unlike in my previous round, I thought that helping others was not a bad thing, but I didn¡¯t have such a noble heart. ¡°There is one thing I want to ask you.¡± It felt burdensome to have to keep having these conversations, so I turned around. ¡°Yes. What is it?¡± ¡°When I came, I saw that there were people who took over the Rome Tower.¡± ¡°¡­¡­That¡¯s right. They arrived before us and were in Rome Tower.¡± Hyunkyun sighed with a dark expression. ¡°Uh-huh, thanks to that, we¡¯re in a difficult situation right now. Apparently, they received the same quest as us. Is it the same with Mr. Sehan?¡± ¡°Yeah, seems like most people from the same stage shares the same quest.¡± Our quest will be different once we pass to a certain section, but it wasn¡¯t at that time yet. ¡°At first, I thought it was a good thing. If the quest content is the same, we can work together to clear it.¡± Up until then, Hyun-Kyun would have seen the opponent as a strong ally. If he had known their identities, he would never have thought so. ¡°Besides, they also knew information about the boss monster, so I thought we would be able to clear it soon.¡± ¡°But it doesn¡¯t seem to be like that.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Hyungwon nodded slowly. ¡°The Rome World Tower has separate stages. Only those who were on the same stage in the first main quest could enter there.¡± It was obvious what happened after that. If you can¡¯t get in at the same time, you¡¯ll have to decide who will challenge the boss stage first. Doing so will cause problems. If the one who enters first catches the boss monster, what will happen to the other factions sharing the same quest? ¡°It¡¯s unclear what will happen if one side kills the boss monster. It would be nice if a new boss monster appeared again, but if not¡­..¡± The quest will be considered a failure and you will be penalized by the GM. The early GM¡¯s penalty is very simple. Everyone dies. Even Hyun-Kyun probably knows that. Although there weren¡¯t many people left in the school auditorium, it wasn¡¯t that there weren¡¯t any. In particular, most of the professors and staff wanted to remain and wait for rescue. Hyun-Kyun would have sent them continuous contact, so he would have guessed what kind of ending they had by now. ¡°Fortunately, it seems that the opponent is not able to challenge the boss monster in haste because he thinks that we may attack.¡± ¡°Then what are you going to do next?¡± There was a way to forcefully fight, but Hyunkyun probably wouldn¡¯t make that choice. ¡°Well, you should try talking first. I don¡¯t know if it will actually work.¡± Talking about the current situation is a waste of time. They¡¯ll tell each other they¡¯ll catch the boss first for their survival, so the story will be parallel. Hyungkyun probably thinks so too. ¡°Just in case you don¡¯t know, they said they knew about the boss monster.¡± ¡°Yeah, I heard they sent a small number of scouts to check it out at first. They all died.¡± ¡°There¡¯s something I want to ask, was the position of the boss monster at the top of the tower?¡± ¡°Oh, yes. That¡¯s right.¡± Then the answer is simple. There was no need to worry about this. ¡°Then tell them to kill the monster first.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± Hyun-Kyun suddenly had a puzzled expression. ¡°You¡¯re kidding, right?¡± ¡°No, I¡¯m serious. If there is a monster on the roof, tell them to kill it first.¡± Of course, that is if they can kill it. ¡°Then what about our quest? If we don¡¯t catch the boss monster, we¡¯re done for!¡± ¡°That¡¯s when the boss monster is on the roof.¡± Hyun-Kyun, who had been shouting with an angry face, became as stiff as a stone statue. ¡°¡­.So you¡¯re saying they¡¯re wrong?¡± ¡°Rather, I want to ask. Why did you judge the monster on the roof as a boss monster?¡± ¡°There was a mighty monster on the roof that you can¡¯t think of as a normal monster. It¡¯s clear that when we first met and exchanged opinions, we checked it with the video. What¡¯s more¡­¡­.¡± Hyungwon said, taking a slow breath. ¡°When you enter Rome World Tower, a notification window appears indicating that you have entered the boss stage.¡± Yes, it is. Because that¡¯s the GM trick. ¡°Not all strong monsters are boss monsters.¡± ¡°But we have already confirmed that there are no other monsters on the other floors.¡± ¡°The other floors? All of them?¡± ¡°Yes. Before confronting them, I had a chance to get into the tower for a while. Then I checked.¡± I was sure he wasn¡¯t lying. Because that wasn¡¯t right. ¡°Then did you also check the basement.¡± ¡°¡­.Underground?¡± ¡°Yes, the Rome World Tower¡¯s basement.¡± Hyunkyun¡¯s pupils shook. I guess he didn¡¯t check it. I definitely wouldn¡¯t have checked. ¡°Let me give you one piece of information.¡± I smiled and waved my index finger in front of Hyunkyun¡¯s eyes. ¡°Boss monsters are different from other monsters in one thing.¡± Just by looking at it, you can tell that it is a boss monster. ¡°It¡¯s about building your own power and putting it around you.¡±(T/N: having subordinates?) Just like the Hobgoblin in the first main quest did. Translator: Hannaz Proofreader: Salty Chapter 15 Human psychology is tricky. They look up rather than down, and they try to avoid difficult paths. The second main quest is a crude trap that digs into this psychology. ¡°Even if there is a boss monster on the 5th basement floor, getting there is a problem. There are many monsters on every floor.¡± ¡°Is the elevator working?¡± ¡°The electricity is cut off, so it seems unreasonable.¡± About a few hours have passed since the meeting started. Hyun-Kyun told them to hand over the monsters at the top of the tower to the others fraction and attack the basement in the meantime, but a few people did not accept it easily. The pros and the opposers are roughly half and half, and what is surprising is that the pros have Park Dong-Kwon. ¡°I didn¡¯t think you¡¯d still be alive¡­.¡± The guy who saw me frowned and uttered those words. w ¡°Do you believe me this time?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t like it, but I do.¡± It seemed that he had no intention of acting as a quiet vice president anymore. Dong-Kwon said in a languid tone with his arms crossed. ¡°Even if the real boss is at the top of the tower, we won¡¯t be able to defeat the other fraction by fighting them, and it would be even more impossible to catch the boss monster at the same time.¡± ¡°Hooo.¡± ¡°If it¡¯s underground in the tower, we can go through the connecting passage in the subway station. They¡¯ll only be guarding the passage from the basement on the first floor, so we won¡¯t be caught going down.¡± After all, Park Dong-Kwon¡¯s moral is garbage, but he¡¯s not stupid. He clearly understands quickly and knows what¡¯s important. ¡®But.¡¯ Even more so, I can¡¯t believe what this guy is saying. ¡®I can roughly guess what he¡¯s thinking.¡¯ I didn¡¯t know it in my previous round, but if you look closely, he¡¯s very easy to understand. ¡°¡­.What?¡± ¡®I was thinking about what to do with you.¡¯ This guy isn¡¯t the kind of guy who can be reborn by just letting it go. For some reason, he is a corrupt person, and if left alone, he will surely commit the same things as he did in his previous round over and over again. ¡®I have to deal with him properly.¡¯ Killing him is easy, but that¡¯s too merciful. He¡¯s got a lot of talent, so if I can use him, that would be better. ¡°Whoa, I¡¯m going to die.¡± As the meeting just ended, Hyunkyun approached me, while wiping the sweat from his forehead. ¡°Sehan-ah, how did it seem?¡± Hyunkyun spoke to me in a more friendly tone. Because I said it¡¯s okay to let go. It was a measure to narrow the strangely awkward sense of distance. ¡®Now it doesn¡¯t feel so awkward.¡¯ Perhaps because of the work of the first main quest, Hyunkyun was very difficult for me. It didn¡¯t matter if we met briefly, but I wanted to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with Hyun-Kyun. ¡®It¡¯s hard to find such a talented person.¡¯ Of course, even when asked to speak comfortably, Hyun-Kyun did not accept it easily. On the contrary, he staunchly opposed it, and in the end, I had no choice but to let go of my persuasion. ¡°There was opposition, but I decided to go down the basement.¡± ¡°Then all that remains is to declare our intentions to those occupying the Rome Tower.¡± ¡°About that. Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll let them know.¡± HyunKyun¡¯s face turned sullen. Well, when he thinks of the guys he¡¯ll meet, he can¡¯t help but be like that. ¡°If it¡¯s okay, can I go with you?¡± ¡°Ah really?! oh¡­Hmmm.¡± Hyun-Kyun, who was smiling broadly, coughed a little, thinking that he had reacted too blatantly. ¡°If you come with me, things should go smoothly, thank you.¡± ¡°Well I have nothing to do, so I¡¯ll go with you.¡± After saying that, I glanced at Dong-Kwon. The boy was still looking elsewhere with a look of no interest. ¡®I¡¯m not interested, you bastard.¡¯ I just looked at him, but I could feel that he was concentrating all his attention on this side. How¡¯s that different from just plain eavesdropping? I chuckled and shook my head. ¡®I¡¯ll have to meet Minah soon.¡¯ I¡¯ve felt it in my previous round, but again, people don¡¯t change easily. In the last round, there was a guild in Korea. The worst guild created by a group of criminals. A group that kills people like bugs and does anything for their benefit. The Sin. They referred to themselves that way. ¡°So, what is it do you want this time?¡± Asked the man with half-white hair and sharp eyes. ¡°What? Did you come here to fight??¡± ¡°Kaak! Go ahead, I¡¯ll deal with you anytime.¡± The surroundings were noisy with criminals. Most of them looked like they were laughing at us. ¡°I don¡¯t think they are ordinary people.¡± Jisoo said with a soft frown on her face. We were currently standing at the entrance of the Rome Tower. This is to talk with the leader who leads the opposing faction. Our group consists of ten people including Hyunkyun, me, and Jisoo. The opposing party has more than thirty people. All of them had ugly impressions. ¡°That¡¯s because these people are prisoners who were incarcerated in a detention center.¡± ¡°¡­.Detention?¡± ¡°uh. Now that the situation has come to be this way, he must have been released.¡± If the vicinity of the detention center became a stage, it would be natural. Most of them are only these guys, so only the fiercest and cruel ones in that area would have survived. It wasn¡¯t for nothing that Hyun-Kyun and his group were hiding in the subway station. ¡°No. Today we are here to give our opinions.¡± Unlike other people who showed signs of nervousness, Hyunkyun spoke to the man who looked like the leader with a fairly determined face. ¡®Kim Joo-won¡¯ A strong, muscular body with sharp eyes. A man who later formed the guild ¡®The Sin¡¯. ¡°Hey, it¡¯s an opinion.¡± Joo Won smirked. ¡°Isn¡¯t cooperation already over the water?¡± ¡°We have no intention of offering cooperation.¡± ¡°Then?¡± ¡°I¡¯m here to convey your opinion that we¡¯re giving up the boss at the top of Rome Tower.¡± ¡°Well?¡± Perhaps this was unexpected, but Joo-Won¡¯s lips twisted. ¡°Then you just want to die?¡± ¡°No. I¡¯m thinking of finding another way. We can¡¯t beat you anyway.¡± ¡°And so?¡± ¡°If you kill the boss monster first, a new boss monster may appear after a certain period of time. We are going to try it.¡± HyunKyun was making a face like a model of an honest person and then casually spit out lies. Rather than Park Dong-Kwon, he may have more of a con artist temperament. ¡°Are you serious?¡± ¡°Then do we have any other way?¡± ¡°If you have any other intentions, you¡¯ll all die.¡± ¡°Yes, I sincerely promise you that we will never disturb you when you fight the monsters at the top of Rome Tower.¡± Joo Won¡¯s eyes turned bright red and glistened. Although he still has a relaxed complexion, he is fundamentally a murderer. ¡°Huck!¡± ¡°Hi, Hiik.¡± As sharp blades spread around him, the people around him began to tremble. ¡®Haaa¡­.No matter how many times I¡¯ve felt this, this aura is still really unpleasant.¡¯ Joo Won is also an avatar of God. The God who chose Joo Won is Hades. one of the supreme gods. Therefore, he was able to become the king of these lot of garbages, and later became the ruler of one of the leading guilds in Korea. ¡°Good.¡± Seeing Hyun-Kyun¡¯s pale complexion, Joo-won smiled softly and turned his head. ¡°What do you guys think?¡± When he asked the people standing behind him, the crowd roared. ¡°It doesn¡¯t really matter, does it? If they didn¡¯t yield, they would¡¯ve died anyway.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right! We can just kill them if they¡¯re scheming something!¡± ¡°Still¡­.¡± ¡°What, are you scared?¡± ¡°Wow, what are you talking about? I was just telling you!¡± After all, they knew very well that Hyun-Kyun and his group were no match for them, so the atmosphere naturally moved toward acceptance. ¡°Alright. We¡¯ll do it.¡± Joo Won nodded as he decided to accept HyunKyun¡¯s opinion. ¡°But you know that we can¡¯t just listen to you, right?¡± ¡°Yeah, then I will stay here while you guys attack the boss-¡± ¡°Hyung.¡± At that moment, Dong-Gwon intervened and said. ¡°HyunKyun Hyung is our leader, so he can¡¯t leave his position. So I¡¯ll stay instead.¡± ¡®Oh?.¡¯ From the outside, it looks like he¡¯s making sacrifices on behalf of Hyun-Kyun, but that¡¯s never going to happen. Maybe if it¡¯s anyone else, but Park Dong-Kwon? ¡°Dong-Gwon, you¡­.¡± HyunKyun shut his mouth right when he was about to say something. ¡°I get it. If you change your mind, please let me know.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± After a rough decision was made, Hyun-Kyun turned to Joo-won. And the moment he was about to open his mouth, Joo Won muttered and said. ¡°Only one person? At least everyone here remains.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Especially you¡­.¡± Joo-won¡¯s narrowly curved eyes moved slowly and turned towards me. To be precise, Jisoo standing behind me. ¡°The guy next to you is annoying.¡± Kaang!! As soon as Joo Won finished speaking, sparks flew and the noise of metal rubbing resounded. Silver chains swayed in the air and fell to the floor. ¡°Hmm?¡± Joo-won¡¯s lips twitched as if he didn¡¯t know he was going to be blocked. In front of me was Joo Won¡¯s chain scythe that had just flown to us, embedded in the ground. This guy just tried to kill me. For no reason. I was just looking at Jisoo, and I was standing in front of her, so I was just trying to get rid of it. ¡°What are you doing now?!¡± Hyun-Kyun, who could not understand the situation for a moment, came to his senses and shouted at him. Of course, Hyun-Kyun¡¯s words did not reach Joo-won¡¯s ears. ¡°It seems¡­ You¡¯re quite capable.¡± ¡°Yeah, so?¡± At least enough to make you into a corpse. I could have killed this guy here if I wanted to, but the people around me were concerned. There was no need to kill him. Since he¡¯s going to die soon anyway. ¡°What? Did he just speak informally in front of our captain?!¡± ¡°Enough.¡± Joo Won calmed down his subordinates, who seemed to be ready to run here at any moment, and looked at me. Red eyes that are crimson red. It was redder than before. Ordinary people might have been afraid. But, to me, who¡¯ve seen this thousands of times, it¡¯s nothing special. ¡°¡­He¡¯s not your ordinary guy.¡± After saying that, Joo Won gently stroked his chin. ¡°Let¡¯s compromise, it¡¯s not a good idea for you to fight us right now.¡± Saying so, I took a step to the side. For him to properly see Jisoo¡¯s face. ¡°¡­!¡± ¡°What do you think? Do you still want us to stay?¡± ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°Hyung?¡± Seeing Joo-Won¡¯s strangely stiffened appearance, his subordinates asked with puzzled faces. As I roughly understood the reason, I turned my attention away from him and tapped Jisoo on the shoulder. ¡°Stop.¡± ¡°Ah¡­I¡¯m sorry, I was angry for a moment.¡± Jisoo blushed in surprise. At first glance, she was just cute, but in Joo Won¡¯s eyes, she must have looked like a thorny flower. ¡®Though the aura is quite a subtle one for Thousand Deaths.¡¯ Joo Won is clearly a brutal killer and a psycho. But that¡¯s all he is. To him, that aura wasn¡¯t ¡®quite subtle¡¯. ¡°Haah, haah.¡± Joo-won barely breathed after a while. ¡°Yeah, yes. Good. I accept your suggestion. Just that one guy should stay.¡± His gaze strayed from us. It was clearly to avoid eye contact with Jisoo. ¡°And with that, we¡¯ll go now.¡± ¡°Okay, go. Now!¡± As if he was terrified, Joo Won gestured and shouted. Hyun-Kyun frowned at such a sight, but quietly bowed his head and backed away. ¡°Ha, I wondered what would happen near the end, but it ended safely. I¡¯m worried about Dong-Gwon who will be left alone.¡± ¡°He¡­ is not someone to worry about.¡± He wanted to stay in the first place, so what are you worried about? ¡°More than that, we should prepare right away.¡± ¡°Everyone went to buy weapons with points, so let¡¯s go as soon as we¡¯re ready.¡± When I told them that they could buy things in the safe zone, people went to the safe zone. It will take two days for them to return and be ready to go down underground. ¡°But do you think they¡¯ll just quietly kill that monster?¡± ¡°No.¡± ¡°Is that so?¡± ¡°Yes, but you don¡¯t have to worry.¡± Hyunkyun tilted his head at my light reply. ¡°..why?¡± ¡°You¡¯ll find out later.¡± In the first place, this is the last time Hyun-Kyun will meet them. Because there is no next time for them. Chapter 16 ¡°Yes, alright, then I¡¯ll leave that side to you.¡± beep. When I hung up the phone and turned my back, I found Jisoo staring at me. ¡°Who were you calling?¡± ¡°I just had someone to call.¡± I replied casually, but honestly, I was surprised. ¡®Haa¡­She keeps surprising me by appearing out of nowhere like this.¡¯ Is she¡¯s doing this on purpose? ¡°Why?¡± ¡°¡­It¡¯s nothing.¡± No matter what I say, she won¡¯t stop. ¡°But what is this?¡± Jisoo looked at the objects in front of me and gently tilted her head. An elongated spear and five round rings were strewn across the floor. ¡°Things we¡¯re going to use in the raid.¡± ¡°I know the spear, but what are the rings for?¡± ¡°Oh, these?¡± I lifted a silver shiny ring. On the surface, it looks like an ordinary accessory, but it¡¯s not. ¡°This is a training bracelet.¡± ¡°For training?¡± Abilities are raised not only through points but also through actions such as training. It just takes a lot of effort compared to using points. ¡°Yeah. I can control the weight of the bracelet with this gem.¡± I opened my palm and showed the bright red jewel. The color of the gem changes to seven colors like a rainbow, and if you change it to purple, it changes to a weight that can only be lifted by force A. Where did this come from? The answer is simple. ¡®The DLC shop.¡¯ The DLC shop is a place that contains the best growth boost packages. The price of this package was only 500 points. There is only one bracelet in one growth boost package, so a total of 2500 points has gone out. ¡°If you wear this on your arms or legs, your abilities will naturally increase.¡± ¡°Aha.¡± Jisoo looked at it with curious eyes. ¡°But why? Do you want to train?¡± ¡°No.¡± ¡°Then?¡± ¡°To use it on someone else, not me.¡± Jisoo pursed her lips with an unreadable expression. ¡°Five?¡± ¡°No, not one.¡± The jewels that controlled the other bracelets were in their pockets. ¡°Are you ready?¡± ¡°yeah, I only need standard defense tools and this mace.¡± Jisoo said with a smile and raised her hand to make an okay sign. It looks like everything has already been prepared. ¡°Then let¡¯s go.¡± ¡°To the president?¡± ¡°Yeah.¡± There is something I have to pass on to Hyun-Kyun. And I lifted the golden spear. ¡®The coating seems to be good.¡¯ After recovering the deformable Orihalcum used for the short sword, I coated it on this spear. While Hyun-Kyun and his party were preparing, I tried using all of the weapons they had. This spear is one of them. ¡°Oppa, You seem to know how to use a spear.¡± ¡°Well, I can use almost everywhere there is.¡± ¡°Hmm.¡± Jisoo looked at me with curious eyes. She wondered how the hell I knew how to handle these weapons. ¡®I can¡¯t tell you though.¡¯ How can I say that I learned it in my previous round? ¡®Now that I think about it, how is my teacher doing?¡¯ ¡°Then what¡¯s your favorite weapon? What is the weapon you¡¯re best at¡± ¡°You have a lot of questions today.¡± ¡°I¡¯m just asking anything that comes to mind.¡± Jisoo said bluntly. Looking at it like this, it doesn¡¯t seem that different from the previous Jisoo. ¡°I don¡¯t have one.¡± ¡°Really?¡± ¡°There was no weapon that made me think that ¡®this is the one¡¯.¡± I¡¯ve been learning this and that, but my talents stayed at a decent level no matter what I learned. I¡¯d say it¡¯s fortunate that I¡¯m not without talent at all. ¡®It doesn¡¯t really matter.¡¯ Talent is not essential to winning and surviving. It¡¯s just more favorable conditions. In the previous round, I met a lot of talented players. But in the end, it was me who survived. Not even a genius with the greatest talent in mankind survived. I was the one who survived. ¡®Besides, this round is different from the previous round.¡¯ My talent is the same, but the inside is different. Unlike in the past, I know how to be strong. Maybe it¡¯s possible to get the title of ¡®strongest¡¯. It¡¯s still in the distant future, though. ¡°Oh, you¡¯re here.¡± Hyun-Kyun, who was fully prepared, smiled brightly and spoke. ¡°You¡¯ve got all your equipment right?¡± ¡°Somehow, my accumulated points are quite large.¡± ¡®Well, since you¡¯ve cleared the first main quest with a gold level, you¡¯ll get quite a few points.¡¯ ¡®what?¡¯ An observer was spinning behind Hyunkyun said that. At first glance, it was a movement that was different from other observers. It¡¯s probably an observer controlled by God, not the GM. ¡®It seems that Hyun-Kyun has become an avatar too.¡¯ Which god did he choose? Hyunkyun¡¯s personality means that it probably isn¡¯t an evil god. ¡®I¡¯ll find out after some time anyway.¡¯ It¡¯s easy to know what kind of god¡¯s avatar you are if I know what skills you have. ¡°Then are the others ready?¡± ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s why I came here to talk about leaving soon.¡± Hyun-Kyun, who spoke with a bright smile, looked calm on the outside, but his eyes were full of tension. ¡°Me and Jisoo are moving separately along the way.¡± ¡°You¡¯re moving separately?¡± ¡°Yes, I have work to do.¡± ¡°Ugh.¡± Hyunkyun had a slightly worried face. It may not be a welcome situation for him, who seems to have a sense of dependence on me. ¡°And this.¡± I held out the spear coated with the Orichalcum to Hyun-Kyun. ¡°Why are you giving me a spear?¡± ¡°When you meet the boss, put this in the center of the building. If you push it into the floor, it will probably go in. Make the blade face upward.¡± If it is a spear coated with Orichalcum, and if it is Hyunkyun who would have raised his stats with points, even a marble or concrete floor would be enough to insert a spear. ¡°Yeah, yes.¡± ¡°And if you can¡¯t kill the boss, lure it towards the spear when I give the signal.¡± Hyun-Kyun looked at the spear he had received from me with a confused expression. ¡°And the signal is¡­?¡± ¡°I¡¯ll call you on the phone.¡± The world got chaotic but funny enough, smartphones and the Internet were still available. This is possible because the GM left it that way, and there are still quite a few areas that have not been converted into stages. ¡°Um, yes. But I would like to ask something.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Why do we need to put the spear in the middle of the boss room?¡± Hyunkyun asked cautiously. In any case, it¡¯s a natural question. ¡®It¡¯s just that the problem is that it¡¯s hard to explain.¡¯ So I had no choice but to say this. ¡°You¡¯ll find out when you put the spear in.¡± ¡°Hoo. Their starting?¡± Dong-Kwon just received a call from Hyun-Kyun through his cell phone. It was news that they had just finished preparing and were going downstairs. ¡®Okay, this time¡­¡¯ How long have I been waiting for this? ¡°Why did they take a week to prepare?¡± So far the other fraction has tried to kill the ¡®boss¡¯ at the top of the tower three times. The problem is that all three times did not yield any significant results. ¡®There is a high probability that it will be just as the guy said.¡¯ The damn guy who interrupted me in the first main quest, Kim Se-Han. I don¡¯t know how he survived fighting against that Minotaur, but it was clear that there is something about him. Since even my ¡®god¡¯ told me to be careful. ¡®But this time, he won¡¯t be able to do anything.¡¯ Kim Joo-won¡¯s skills are real. If Dong-Kwon himself had not been the avatar of the gods, he would not have hesitated to become his subordinate. ¡®But, what he did last time¡­¡¯ It looks like Joo-Won was running away, but it was probably a mistake. He shouldn¡¯t be afraid of anything. ¡°Hello?¡± Dong-Gwon spoke to the man guarding his room. ¡°What?¡± ¡°I have something I want to pass on to your captain.¡± On this side, Joo Won was called ¡®Captain¡¯. ¡°What do you want to me pass on?¡± ¡°It¡¯s about this quest.¡± ¡°What is it, spit it out.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t wanna talk here. Let me talk to the captain over there.¡± After looking at it for the past few days, this guy has very thin ears. He doesn¡¯t even need to use his ¡®skills¡¯, just a few words and he¡¯ll come over in no time. ¡°Aren¡¯t the progress of your attacks slow?¡± ¡°Ugh.¡± ¡°At least it won¡¯t hurt to hear me out. On the contrary, it¡¯ll be of great help to this quest.¡± The man had a troubled face. But he also nodded slowly after a moment. ¡°Alright. If the information you give is useless, you should be prepared.¡± ¡°All right.¡± ¡°The captain will be back soon, so let¡¯s talk then.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Dong-Gwon smiled inwardly. Even if I had an opportunity to talk to Joo Won, it wouldn¡¯t be easy to convince him. Joo-Won is smart, and even if he ignores my words, I should be able to persuade him if I use that ¡®skill¡¯. ¡®This time¡­¡¯ By monopolizing the rewards, I will get ahead of other idiots. ¡®Because I am the chosen one.¡¯ From the first main quest, he became the avatar of a god. He was different from other people. ¡°¡­.¡± But Dong Kwon didn¡¯t know. The fact there was another existence watching him. The basement of Rome World Tower was like a dungeon. The place is dark with no lights on. And monsters attacking from among the mess. It was difficult to respond easily as they had only been attacking monsters on the street. ¡°I did a good job of selecting the right number of people.¡± Hyunkyun muttered as he scanned the surroundings with a flashlight. Currently, the number of people in the group is about ten, excluding me and Jisoo. The others are waiting at the subway station. ¡°Quick!¡± The monster reflected in the flashlight screamed and stiffened. It was a monster in the shape of a giant mouse. ¡°Where!¡± Hyun-Kyun aimed at the gap and stabbed the monster in the back with his sword. ¡°Keeek!¡± ¡°There¡¯s another over there too!¡± The monsters tried to attack from all directions, but each time, they stiffened when the light for the flashlights shone on them and was attacked. ¡°As you said, it was good that everyone brought a flashlight.¡± ¡°Monsters coming out of these dark places are vulnerable to light.¡± I said while stepping on a dead monster. The monster¡¯s name for this gigantic rat is ¡®Black Rat¡¯, and as its name suggests, it is a monster with black fur. It was a weak monster like a goblin, but it had black fur and appeared in places where there was usually no light. The weak point of these monsters is light. It has the weakness of instantaneous hardening of the body when the light is directly exposed to the eyes. ¡°Hah.¡± I swung my sword lightly at the black rats that were rushing from left and right and scraped its stomach. At the level I am now, exploiting their weakness was no longer necessary, so I just stabbed them to death with a sword. ¡®¡­?¡¯ The surroundings were strangely quiet as they were killing the rats. It felt like everyone was looking at me for some reason, so I asked Hyun-Kyun, who was nearby, wiping off the blood on my sword. ¡°What happened?¡± ¡°¡­You¡¯re killing them like they¡¯re rats.¡± ¡°¡­? They are rats. What else would they be?¡± ¡°No, that¡¯s not what I meant¡­¡± Hyun-Kyun mumbled. ¡°If you look closely, they aren¡¯t that different from a normal rat. Except for being a little taller and dark-haired.¡± ¡°Wow. I¡¯m speechless.¡± I smiled at him sighing. ¡°How far are we from the bottom?¡± ¡°Probably about halfway there. The basement has a total of 6 floors, but now we have reached the 3rd floor.¡± So, I guess it¡¯s time now. I pulled out my phone from my pocket. Checking to see if there are any messages I missed. Woo Woo. ¡°Oh.¡± There could¡¯ve been no better timing. My phone rang as soon as I take it out. ¡®Let¡¯s see¡­¡¯ When I checked, there was a text message. The caller is Lee Min-ah. The text was concise. [We¡¯re going down~] Chapter 17 Joo-won was currently in a terrible mood. Because he has not been able to kill the boss at the top for the past week. ¡®Kill? Bullshit! That¡¯s not something a human can kill.¡¯ ¡®How the hell are we supposed to kill that monster?¡± ¡®Basilisk.¡¯ The monster that occupied the top of the Rom¨¦ Tower. An arrogant being, with its eyes closed and a huge body that stayed lying on the ground, not even caring to pay attention to them. When it opens its eyes, a bright light comes out, and anything exposed to the light turns into a stone. Often called petrification. The problem isn¡¯t just the eyes. With hard scales that are impervious to attacks, and the amount of force exerted from its huge body instilled a sense of despair in Joo-Won. It¡¯s to the point where he thinks he can¡¯t win. ¡°Are you sure?¡± ¡°Yes, by now they must be fighting the monsters in the basement.¡± Maybe that¡¯s why he was convinced by the words of this unknown man. Joo Won¡¯s group had already suffered a lot of damage for a week, so they couldn¡¯t challenge the Basilisk on the roof in haste. On the other hand, it was very easy to attack the idiots that were said to be fighting underground. ¡°The monster on the roof is bait. And the real boss is underground.¡± Joo-won nodded blankly at Dong-Kwon¡¯s words. ¡®Then it makes sense that we can¡¯t kill the monster on the roof.¡¯ ¡®Haven¡¯t I already experienced how bad this game is in the first quest?¡¯ There was a high possibility that a simple trap was installed using the psychology of humans. In particular, the Basilisk was so strong that it reinforced Dong Kwon¡¯s opinion. The opinions of the others were roughly the same. At first, they thought it was a trap, but it was quickly buried. ¡°Hyung, it must be because of this reason that they gladly gave away the monsters on the roof.¡± (T/N: I¡¯m changing the way the criminals call Joo Won from ¡®captain¡¯ to ¡® Hyung¡¯) ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s right. This is probably why they gladly handed over the monsters on the roof.¡± Joo Won clenched his teeth. This was all due to his own arrogance. Whether it was those snowflakes or the monsters on the roof, he thought he could easily handle them. Buy it wasn¡¯t that simple. The monster on the roof was too strong, and the snowflakes tricked them and went down to the basement to kill the real boss. ¡®I¡¯ll f*cking kill them.¡¯ Joo Won made his steps even faster. Dong-Kwon, who was following him, inwardly smiled. ¡®Yes, fight hard, idiots.¡¯ Things were going smoothly. ¡°It¡¯s all thanks to you. If you hadn¡¯t told us, we¡¯d still be fooled by those rotten bastards.¡± ¡°No. Rather, thank you for trusting me and guiding me to your Hyung.¡± The man who was quietly walking next to Dong-Kwon thanked Dong-Kwon. He was originally a man who guarded the room where Dong-Kwon was staying. Thanks to this guy guiding him Joo Won without any doubt, things went smoothly. ¡°Thanks for listening to me there.¡± ¡°I was just taking responsibility because I asked for your opinion.¡± The man smiled as he said that, but he didn¡¯t look very good because he had such an ugly face. ¡®What are you laughing for? Idiot.¡¯ That¡¯s why it¡¯s hard when you have a stupid head. It was fortunate for Dong-Kwon. ¡°There it is.¡± Joo Won raised his hand and pointed to the stairs going down to the basement. ¡°Idiots, no one¡¯s guarding the entrance.¡± ¡°They didn¡¯t think we¡¯d be here?¡± There was laughter all around. ¡°Wait.¡± Joo Won¡¯s eyes lit up red. ¡°Search the perimeter. Look if there¡¯s anyone hiding around here.¡± ¡°I¡¯ve been looking for it for a while, but it doesn¡¯t seem to be anybody here, Hyung.¡± ¡°Really?¡± To hear that there is no one guarding the entrance to the stairs, Joo Won felt a strange feeling. ¡®I don¡¯t think he was that stupid.¡¯ ¡®Even if they thought we wouldn¡¯t notice, they should have at least prepared for it.¡¯ Joo Won was not the only one who felt strange here. ¡®Why is there no one here?¡¯ Dong-Kwon also thought that at least a few people were waiting at the entrance. But there¡¯s no one. ¡°Hyung, there is no need to worry. If we come, they¡¯ll all die anyway, so what¡¯s the use of a sentry? Rather, it is clear that they all went down to kill the boss a little faster.¡± A man said to Joo Won, who was standing with a frown. He¡¯s the one who just had a conversation with Dong-Kwon. ¡°That¡¯s right, Hyung. Let¡¯s go!¡± ¡°When I think of the ones who died fighting the real boss for nothing, I feel like I¡¯m boiling.¡± At the man¡¯s words, the movements of others also boiled over. Then he couldn¡¯t back down. ¡®Yeah, it certainly could be.¡¯ If Joo Won comes here, there is nothing they can do to stop Joo Won and his group anyway. If so, there is one way to overcome this situation. So they wanted to kill the boss monster as quickly as possible. Joo Won quickly organized his thoughts and nodded. He goes into the basement¡¯s entrance. ¡°Okay, let¡¯s go. We¡¯re going to kill them all!¡± ¡°Ooh oooooh!¡± They cheered loudly at Joo Won¡¯s call and rushed down the stairs. Dong-Kwon also got stuck in the group and had no choice but to go down. ¡®It certainly seems like a plausible opinion.¡¯ Dong-Kwon glanced at the man next to him. I thought he was just stupid, but he¡¯s thinking a little bit? ¡®and¡­¡¯ A strange feeling of anxiety lingered in his chest ever since. The observer behind him was calm, so it seemed that his own followers did not see the situation as a crisis. However, he was terribly anxious. ¡°Well?¡± Joo Won, who came down the dimly lit underground stairs, looked around and frowned. ¡®It¡¯s dark. He said we should bring a flashlight.¡¯ Coming in a hurry, they didn¡¯t bring a flashlight. Still, this darkness was no problem for Joo Won, a god¡¯s avatar. After all, the monsters were all killed by the group of Hyun-Kyun who came down first, so all they had to do was walk. ¡°Hyung, isn¡¯t that¡­?¡± ¡°¡­It seems so.¡± At the entrance of the stairs going down to the second basement floor, there were two people standing there. Joo Won thought it was a sentry this time, and as he approached, he heard a familiar voice. ¡°It was later than I thought. I thought you would come sooner.¡± ¡°You¡­¡± When He opened my eyes narrowly, he saw a face he had met once. The guy who leisurely blocked his own chain scythe. After hearing from Dong-Kwon, his name was Kim Se-Han. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but it¡¯s forbidden to go down anymore from here onwards. If you go back quietly now, I¡¯ll pretend I didn¡¯t see you.¡± Joo-won¡¯s expression frowned at the smiling Se-Han¡¯s words, and a faint laugh flowed from the surroundings. ¡°Isn¡¯t he crazy?¡± ¡°What? No entry? Do you want us to follow your orders now?¡± Their reaction was understandable. Although quite a few people died while attacking the monster on the roof, the group led by Joo Won was well over 30. Sehan talked calmly in front of them. ¡°You¡¯re so readable, Dong-Kwon.¡± ¡°¡­Are you for real?¡± Sehan was not at all surprised to see Dong-Kwon who clearly betrayed him. Dong-Kwon¡¯s lips twitched at Se-Han¡¯s sneer. ¡°I don¡¯t where you got this much confidence from, but you¡¯ll die soon.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but that¡¯s not going to happen. I was waiting for you here in the first place.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Lee Min-ah.¡± The man standing next to Dong-Kwon flinched at Se-Han¡¯s soft voice. Then, light streamed from the man, and his body shrunk at once. Slurp. ¡°Hey, what is this!¡± People were shocked by the sudden situation. Because the ugly man who had been beside Dong-Kwon¡¯s side just before has turned into a girl who looks like a high school student. ¡°Haa~ making me do all the work. Do you know how much I suffered?¡± As soon as Lee Min-ah returned to her original form, she quickly returned to Se-Han¡¯s side. Of course, there was no one to stop her. Because it was difficult for them to keep up with the current situation. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but this is what I wanted. I planned to deal with everything in one go.¡± ¡°¡­ What are you talking about.¡± ¡°You, these guys.¡± Sehan raised his finger upwards and said. ¡°And the guy on the roof.¡±(T/N: The fake boss.) Dong-Kwon realized that what had been unraveling was actually wrong. He was able to easily be guided to Joo Won, and public opinion strangely favored him. ¡°Is it because of that girl?¡± ¡°Yeah. I did you a favor.¡± They knew in advance of his betrayal. It was a bad situation, but Dong-Kwon laughed. ¡°So what? You think you can kill all of us here?¡± ¡°Well, what are you going to do now?¡± Minah also asked Sehan with a curious face. In fact, she doesn¡¯t seem very nervous. When Minah uses her transformation skill, she is not alone in removing her body. (T/N: I don¡¯t really understand what this means.) ¡°What do you mean? We¡¯re gonna kill them.¡± ¡°Haa¡­ If things start to go wrong, I¡¯m gonna leave okay?.¡± ¡°Do what you want.¡± After talking to Minah, Sehan took his cell phone out of her pocket and checked the time. ¡®Haa¡­ I need to finish them off quickly.¡¯ It¡¯s gonna be a little hard to kill all of them quickly, but there was a little bit of time to spare. ¡°Go.¡± ¡°Hmm?¡± Jisoo, who quietly watched the series of situations, opened her mouth. ¡°All I have to do is stop them from going down there. There is no need for two people.¡± ¡°¡­ Can you do it alone?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Seeing Jisoo¡¯s dry answer, Sehan narrowed his eyes and looked around. Right now, the people around here are confused by the sudden turn of events, but they will come to their senses and attack soon. ¡®Hmm¡­ Will she be okay?¡¯ And Joo-Won is definitely strong. He has almost the same stats as Jisoo, and he must have a powerful skill given to him by his ¡®God¡¯. ¡®Okay.¡¯ Sehan decided. ¡°Hey, we¡¯re going up.¡± ¡°What? What are you talking about? Kak!¡± Sehan grabbed Minah by the waist and lifted her up. ¡°Oh, don¡¯t kill that guy.¡± ¡°That guy?¡± ¡°Park Dong-Kwon.¡± ¡°¡­I¡¯ll try.¡± Jisoo nodded her head with genuine displeasure. ¡°What, what? You bastard! Where are you going all of a sudden?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know what it is, but do you think we¡¯ll let you go?!¡± The people came to their senses at the sight of Sehan carrying Minah and moved. Among them, Joo Won was the fastest to react. Chliing!! In the dark, Joo Won¡¯s chain scythe flew toward Sehan with a sharp squeaking sound. I thought for a while whether I should raise my sword to block it or not, but it didn¡¯t seem like there was any need to do that as it wasn¡¯t even that fast. ¡°??!¡± Sehan, who instantly lowered his waist, spun Minah around and sped forward, approaching Joowon at once. Seeing how Sehan arrive right in front of him instantly, Joo Won took a deep breath. ¡®I can¡¯t follow his movements at all?¡¯ He himself is someone who was chosen. He is an avatar of a god, not an ordinary player. It is also the avatar of Hades. He couldn¡¯t read Sehan¡¯s movements at all. ¡°I think Jisoo will do well on her own.¡± Still, I¡¯d love to help her out a little. ¡°Haap!¡± His right arm was holding Min-ah, so Se-Han pulled his left arm back wide and slammed Joo-won¡¯s chest hard. Taak! ¡°Urhh!¡± Joo Won reflexively raised his right arm to block it, but there was no way he could block Sehan¡¯s fist. Sehan¡¯s current stat is F rank all counter-stop status. Currently, no one can match Sehan¡¯s abilities. Boo Woong! ¡°Wow!¡± Joo Won¡¯s massive body flew backward, knocking down his men who were standing behind him. ¡°Oh my god.¡± At the absurd sight, Minah¡¯s eyes widened. ¡®I knew he had some skill, but I didn¡¯t know that it was enough to blow Joo Won in one shot.¡¯ ¡°Ah!¡± ¡°Hyung!¡± Minah wasn¡¯t the only one who was shocked. Joo Won¡¯s subordinates were stunned. ¡°Nonsense.¡± Joo Won, who is close to 2 meters tall, flew back like a ragdoll, it was unrealistic. ¡°Then I¡¯ll leave it to you Jisoo. If it gets dangerous, just run away. And you don¡¯t have to kill.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Seeing Jisoo nod her head, Sehan felt strange. It was because he felt something different from the usual Jisoo. ¡®Am I seeing it wrong?¡¯ Usually, Jisoo isn¡¯t this cold-hearted, but she¡¯s a little different now. At that time, Jisoo clearly had fear in her eyes, but now¡­ Sehan shook his head. ¡®Whatever. I¡¯ll find out later anyway.¡¯ Sehan thought it something had to do with the nature of Jisoo. ¡°Go.¡± Jisoo urged him to move. After all, he had to hurry up to the roof now. Hyun-Kyun must have crossed the 4th floor and entered the 5th floor by now. If he doesn¡¯t move quickly, it will be difficult to keep up with the time. ¡°Kek!¡± ¡°Ugh!¡± Sehan moved quickly, stomping on the men spread out on the floor. Towards the monster on the roof. Chapter 18 Dong Kwon felt like he¡¯s seen a ghost. Seeing Sehan blow Joowon away with his bare fist. ¡°Great.¡± Joo-Won¡¯s right arm, which wriggled as he stood up, was broken and wobbly. ¡®Is he an avatar of a God too?¡¯ Otherwise, it doesn¡¯t make sense. But the ¡®avatar of god¡¯ aura can¡¯t be felt from him. ¡°Kwa, are you okay?¡± ¡°Kuh¡­¡± Joo Won gritted his teeth as Dong Kwon approached and started talking to him. When had he ever been humiliated like this? There was never anything like this before or even after the world changed till now. ¡°Get that bastard¡­ Now!¡± Rather than going downstairs, he wanted to catch Sehan who was walking upstairs now. Seeing Joo-Won screaming with red eyes shining through them, his men hurriedly turned around. ¡°Leave it to me. Hyung!¡± ¡°Take that cheeky bastard¡­¡± Pagak! Bright red blood splattered. ¡°Uh?¡± Scliing, thud. Thump. Thump. A lump of metal with human flesh attached to it fell to the floor and rolled onto the floor with a dull sound. The feet of those who were running towards Sehan stopped abruptly. ¡°¡­.¡± With a thump, a man fell. His headless corpse fell to the floor, wriggling. Something flew and crushed the man¡¯s head. ¡°What¡­ Is it now?¡± Even Joo-Won, who had shouted in anger, stiffened and looked at the piece of iron that had just flown in. The lump of iron rolling on the floor was none other than a mace. And a woman was slowly picking it up. ¡°Absolutely no one here-¡± Jisoo, who swung her mace once in the air and wiped off the flesh and blood from the mace, muttered with an emotionless face. ¡°-can leave this place.¡± In normal times, they might have attacked her right away, cursing her as a crazy bitch. However, they couldn¡¯t. ¡®Is she even human?¡¯ Those who are here are heinous. And some of them even mitted murder. That was why they couldn¡¯t understand the girl¡¯s appearance all the more. She just killed someone and the feeling she expressed was¡­ ¡®disgust¡¯. ¡®Those eyes.¡¯ A gaze filled with calmness but also full of disgust. Joo-won felt his body tremble the moment he saw those eyes. When he first met her, and even now. ¡°Fear?¡­ To a bitch like that?!¡± Joo Won gritted his teeth and stood up. Then he shouted, clutching his chain scythe with his only functional left arm. ¡°Kill that bitch!¡± ¡°Ugh, ugh!¡± She was small pared to them. But the unknown fear that can be felt from that small body caused Joo-won¡¯s men to rush in unison. As thirty men rushed to her all at once, Jisoo was in a little difficult situation. ¡°This will spurt a lot of blood.¡± Jisoo glanced down at her clothes. ¡®I¡¯m glad I chose to wear a black dress.¡¯ Kwajijik! ¡°Aaaaagh!¡± Jisoo swung his mace at a man running from the side. As the mace hit him, his arms bent back like a shrimp and flew off. ¡°You bitch!¡± Fu-wook! A man rushed from behind and thrust a knife into Jisoo¡¯s shoulder. ¡®It¡¯s the end¡­ She can¡¯t fight all of us with just one arm.¡¯ He firmly held the knife in his hand and twisted it after piercing Jisoo¡¯s shoulders. It was clear that this girl would be incapacitated with this attack. Yes, that was the man¡¯s misunderstanding. Jisoo was stabbed because she decided that it was unnecessary to avoid it. ¡®If it¡¯s only the joints then I don¡¯t need to dodge.¡¯ Quang! The head of the man who put the knife in Jisoo¡¯s shoulder exploded. Jisoo¡¯s weapon was a blunt weapon, so she could wield it in any direction. ¡®Okay.¡¯ Pushuk. As she pulled the knife from her shoulder, her blood gushed out. But that didn¡¯t last long, since the cut from the knife was pletely healed after a few seconds. ¡®The situation is in my favor.¡¯ It¡¯s hard to keep track of Jisoo¡¯s movement when they are underground where the light doesn¡¯t e in, and due to the nature of Thousand Deaths, the more she fights, the stronger she bees. That makes the situation favorable for Jisoo. The more blood is spilled, the higher the regenerative power and the bonus to her stats. It was for this reason that she inflicted wounds that would make them bleed as much as possible on them. ¡°Kuhuk, Kah, kuek!¡± A man who blocked Jisoo¡¯s mace with his sword, fell and was stepped on, getting his waist broken. Woood deok! ¡°Ah! my arm, my arm!¡± Jisoo twisted the arm of a man who was running towards her and pulled his whole arm out. As Jisoo¡¯s whole body was stained with bright red blood, her physical abilities increased. ¡®Even fighting goblins is harder than this.¡¯ Unlike goblins, who only attack with malicious intent, humans have too many thoughts. Humans, unlike goblins, feel fear, anger, and madness, making them freeze or fight blindly. Of course, it didn¡¯t matter much to Jisoo. ¡°Is this, a nightmare?¡± Dong Kwon¡¯s voice trembled. Half of the thirty people who rushed to Jisoo were already dead. It would¡¯ve been exhausting for other people to fight with this many people, but Jisoo¡¯s behavior was rather lively. It was because Jisoo was a natural killer, but no one here knew that. ¡°Die!!¡± As his own men died indiscriminately, Joo Won rushed at Jisoo, his eyes crimson red. Even though he ran like a madman, Joo Won¡¯s mind was calm. ¡®She¡¯s strong, but it¡¯s at a level I can handle.¡¯ Unlike Sehan, who instantly appeared and blew him away with a single punch earlier, Jisoo was at least moving at a speed he could follow. On the contrary, in terms of speed alone, he was faster than her. ¡®Damn it, if only my right arm wasn¡¯t broken.¡¯ I didn¡¯t have to run around and fight like this. Booung! Jisoo reflexively swung her mace at Joowon, who screamed and rushed at her. It was an action that seemed to be dealing with a small insect, but that was what Joo-won was aiming for. He pulled the body of one of his subordinates, who was running beside him, toward the mace that was swung at his head. ¡°Hy- Hyung? Uakk!¡± Splash! A brief moment when the subordinate¡¯s head exploded and their eyes were blocked by a cloud of blood. Joo-Won¡¯s left hand grabbed the chain scythe slung around his waist. ¡°Death sentence.¡± A mortal skill received from Hades. If the skill hits the target, death will surely e within 1 minute. However, it can only be used once a day, and it does not work on beings higher in rank than him. But against normal players, it¡¯s like an invincible ability. ¡®Feel the difference in class and die.¡¯ This woman is not a God¡¯s avatar. If so, she will surely die after getting hit by this skill. Compared to Joo-Woon, the avatar of the god of death, she is just an insignificant existence. She is obviously of a lower rank than himself. It must have been. Clank! ¡°?¡± Joo-won felt that his vision had tilted. ¡®¡­Huh?¡¯ At the end of Joo-Woon¡¯s flickering eyes, he saw his left arm. His left arm clutching his chain scythe. His subordinate¡¯s head was not enough to stop Ji-soo¡¯s attack and Joo-won¡¯s left arm struck as he was wielding a chain scythe. On top of that, the additional damage added by the Thousand Deaths skill tore off Joo Won¡¯s upper torso and blew it away. Joo Won¡¯s body was also blown into the air from the impact and rolled to the ground. ¡°Wh..at?¡± It was only then that Jisoo¡¯s eyes turned to Joo Won. ¡°¡­ When did I hit him?¡± After muttering that, Jisoo immediately looked away. There was no looking back at the fallen Joowon. Her impression of Joo Won was only that. ¡®Was I that insignificant?¡¯ The pain of being weak. Joo-won felt it for the first time in his life, and he died like that. ¡°Is it really okay to leave her there alone?¡± ¡°Probably.¡± ¡°¡¯Probably¡¯?! What do you mean probably?!¡± Minah shouted, but I didn¡¯t really have to worry much. Jisoo and I were connected through a system called ¡®party¡¯, so I knew right away if something goes wrong. More than anything, Joo-Won, who had a broken arm, should be unable to stop Ji-Soo. He invests all the points he initially earned for the ¡®Gold¡¯ grade into his skills and the only skill he should have currently is ¡®Death Sentence¡¯ which only kills someone when they actually get hit by it. Since Berserker¡¯s Heavenly Blood Technique has the effect of maximizing the characteristics of Thousand Deaths, if Jisoo is exposed to a lot of blood, there is a high possibility that Jisoo¡¯s ability will go into a counter-stop state. (T/N: counter-stop is where their stats are at the maximum available for the current quest.) ¡°To begin with, that guy, Joo Won isn¡¯t really that strong.¡± ¡°He was really strong from what I¡¯ve seen when I infiltrated them, you know?¡± ¡°Well, he¡¯ll still lose to Jisoo.¡± Joo-Won gets stronger after gaining a few more skills. ¡®If Joo Won dies, will The Sin disappear?¡¯ It¡¯s a pretty big change from before. I honestly don¡¯t know what the oute of this will be. ¡°But are we really going to the rooftop?¡± Minah asked with an anxious face. ¡°We are.¡± ¡°The monster that even those criminals can¡¯t even leave a scratch?¡± ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s right.¡± ¡°I know Oppa is a bit stronger than I thought but isn¡¯t it impossible even for you to defeat it?¡± ¡°If I¡¯m alone, it is.¡± After I said that, I looked back at Minah, who was following me up the stairs. ¡°That¡¯s why I brought you.¡± ¡°¡­me? What can I do for you? I know how to fight a little, but my only skill is transformation.¡± It¡¯s currently just transformation. But that¡¯s enough. ¡°Is this the door?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± ¡°First of all, I¡¯ll ask before entering, did you do what I asked for?¡± If she didn¡¯t do it, it wouldn¡¯t really be a problem, but it was necessary to increase the chances of success. ¡°I did it. Do you know how unfortable it made me? Haa~ you better pay me for my work properly.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯ll buy you an item that¡¯s worth at least 2000 points. and maybe even a bonus depending on the rewards for the second quest.¡± ¡°¡­ Two thousand? You¡¯re not lying are you?¡± ¡°I¡¯m not.¡± Minah¡¯s eyes were filled with disbelief. Considering that the points received from getting a platinum grade were only 1,000 points, it was understandable enough for her to make such an expression. ¡®It¡¯s only about 2,000 points, so I don¡¯t even get a dent in my balance.¡¯ Compared to killing the ¡®Sentinel¡¯ on the roof, it¡¯s definitely a surplus business. Before opening the emergency door to the top, I told Minah. ¡°Transform before entering.¡± ¡°Transform? To what?¡± ¡°A weasel.¡± It must have been quite out of the blue, Minah looked at me blankly and blinked. ¡°Did you injure your head?¡± ¡°I¡¯m perfectly fine.¡± ¡°¡­ A weasel?¡± ¡°The guy inside is a Basilisk right?¡± Minah nodded her head. ¡°It is. But what does that have to do with weasels?¡± ¡°It¡¯s one of its traditional weaknesses.¡± Specifically, chickens and weasels. There are several legends about the Basilisk, but these two are its representative weaknesses. ¡°¡­ I don¡¯t think it will help much.¡± ¡°You¡¯ll know after you transform. let¡¯s go.¡± As this world is a game, ¡®strategy¡¯ is important. Basilisk is also a boss that has weaknesses so that it can be sufficiently attacked. ¡®But now, even if I know that, it¡¯s a boss I can never beat.¡¯ Its overall ability is probably at least C rank. A level of ability that cannot be defeated no matter how hard you try with an F-rank counter stop. The Sentinel of the first main quest was something that shoudldn/t have existed, so there was a limit on its ability, but there will be no such thing for the second main quest. ¡°Is your transformation over?¡± ¡°Kyu.¡± As soon as I finished speaking, a white weasel came up on my shoulder. ¡°If I give a signal, transforms into a ¡®chicken¡¯.¡± ¡°Kyu.¡± The weasel¡¯s little head nodded. To be honest, it¡¯s a little cute. ¡°Okay then¡­¡± This time, if I make a mistake, I¡¯ll die. I calmed down and slowly opened the door. Sqeaaak. ¡°¡­Woah.¡± The room was full of stone statues all around. It must have been the Basilisk¡¯s ability, ¡®Evil of Petrification¡¯. A little far away, a poison-rat¡¯s corpse could also be seen. ¡°Kiiing¡­.¡± The white weasel¡¯s plexion was not good. As expected, it is a face that worries about whether she followed me for nothing. ¡®Where¡¯s the Basilisk?¡¯ Is he hiding? ¡°Now, Lee Min-Ah. Go and find that monster¡¯s location.¡± ¡°?!¡± ¡°It¡¯s okay. Even if his Eye of Petrification sees you, you won¡¯t turn to stone.¡± ¡°¡­.¡± The weasel twisted and pondered, and finally jumped off my shoulder. The psychology of ¡®Aaargh, I don¡¯t know anymore!¡¯ was appearing in the little weasel¡¯s mind. ¡°Kyuu.¡± Minah, the weasel, hurriedly returned before long. Then, with her little forepaw, she pointed in a direction diagonally forward. Then I realized that I was stupid. ¡®Ha, I see. Well, there¡¯s no need to hide.¡¯ Disregarding even hiding or moving, he was lying leisurely in a place a little distance away. Looking out the window with a nice view. ¡°Another foolish one has e.¡± A voice was heard mixed with the hissing of a snake. This guy is the first I¡¯ve ever seen. Because in my previous life, I only knew that a basilisk existed here. After all, this is the real Sentinel. Unlike the Minotaur, which had no name, this guy is a true Sentinel. That said, it is a named monster. ¡¸Greetings, human.¡¹ The giant lizard, several meters tall, moved its head slowly. ¡°My name is Orga. I am the one who watches over this land.¡± Basilisk Orga. That was the name of the Sentinel that dominated the second stage. Chapter 19 Unlike the Minotaur in the first main quest, the Basilisk, the Sentinel in the second main quest, had its own name. In fact, this is normal. A sentinel is a monster that is set to be the pinnacle of that stage and cannot be killed at the time of receiving the main quest. It¡¯s expected for it to be named. The Minotaur, which became a Sentinel, was never given a name because it suddenly appeared and it was just an expedient. ¡¸I won¡¯t take your life if you forfeit now.¡¹ It is a monster monly called the king of snakes, but if you listen to it, it sounds like a dragon. They say location makes people, but does that also apply to monsters? ¡°I can¡¯t do that. If I leave you alone, I think it will bother me later.¡± ¡¸Oh, what do you mean by that?¡¹ ¡°It¡¯s just an emotional feeling.¡± Sentinels that dominate each stage are automatically liberated after a certain main quest. No matter how many Sentinel appeared in the early main quest, it was a monster of the lowest C-class name or higher. It¡¯ll be annoying if they go around freely later. ¡®Of course, my main purpose here is to eat all the rewards.¡¯ First of all, I looked at the range of motion I could move. When he opens his eyes, the Eye of Petrification is activated. If that happens, all creatures reflected in those eyes will turn to stone. In other words, as long as it¡¯s out of the guy¡¯s line of sight, you¡¯re safe. ¡®It¡¯s easier said than done though¡­..¡¯ Lizards are actually creatures with very good eyes. Their viewing angle is also very wide, and depending on the type, there are also types of eyes that rotate 360 degrees. Fortunately, the Eye of Petrification only activates in the front, so it¡¯s not a big problem, but the annoying thing doesn¡¯t change. ¡®If only the elixir of immunity to abnormal conditions are sold in the DLC shop.¡¯ Unfortunately, items available in-game are not sold in the DLC store. ¡®Still, I¡¯ve killed Basilisks countless times in my previous round¡­.¡¯ This was the first time I had met Orga, but I had killed ones from the ¡®Basilisk¡¯ tribe countless times in my previous round. It will definitely work out somehow with experience. ¡°Hey.¡± I tapped the weasel Minah¡¯s little head with my finger and spoke to her. ¡°First of all, I¡¯ll induce him to open his eyes, so in the meantime, get as close to him as possible.¡± ¡°Kyu?¡± ¡°And the moment the Eye of Petrification is activated, bite his eyeballs.¡± ¡°..!¡± ¡°It is not that difficult. It will only hurt him. But that alone can prevent the Eye of Petrification from activating.¡± The weasel¡¯s pupils widened. Her little head swayed rapidly from side to side. ¡®You don¡¯t want to do it? Yeah, no. You need to do it.¡¯ ¡°I said it earlier. One of Basilisk¡¯s weaknesses are weasels. You won¡¯t get petrified okay?¡± ¡°Kyu-kyu!¡± You don¡¯t believe it? Then you have to trust me. ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± Poof! I grabbed the weasel by the waist and tossed it in the direction of the basilisk. ¡°Kieng?!¡± ¡¸!¡¹ The weasel flew away with a strange noise, and Orga¡¯s eyes flashed open. Paat! A gray flash occurred and Minah the weasel rolled across the floor. Anyway, she didn¡¯t have any sign of turning into stone. And as soon as the Eye of Petrification ended, I ran to the other side and covered myself. Since the Eye of Petrification cannot be used consecutively, it can be avoided if the timing is right. I threw the dagger I had brought into Orga¡¯s eyes. Caang! ¡¸Oh, to aim for my eye. You¡¯re smarter than I though. Though, with your strength, it¡¯s useless.¡¹ The dagger that accurately hit the guy¡¯s eyeball bounced off without inflicting even the slightest damage. As expected, with my current abilities, I couldn¡¯t destroy the Eye of Petrification. ¡®That¡¯s why¡­¡¯ I brought her. ¡°¡­kyu.¡± When the Eye of Petrification was activated, Minah, the weasel who thought she had turned to stone, moved quickly as soon as she recognized that she was fine. ¡°A weasel? It¡¯s no use. It¡¯s true that it¡¯s one of my kind¡¯s weakness according to folklores, but there¡¯s no way an ordinary animal can be my opponent.¡± Orga lifted his claws and slammed it down at the weasel. Quaang ¡¸?!¡¹ If Minah were transformed into a normal weasel, she would have been crushed to death without being able to avoid it, but the weasel that Minah transformed into had the player¡¯s abilities intact, so she evaded Basilis¡¯s attack with fierce speed. Above all, against Basilisk, weasels receive a strange buff. Yeah, because it¡¯s a game. ¡¸Oh, oh? No, what?¡¹ Orga, with a clear expression of bewilderment, opened his eyes again and activated the Eye of Petrification, but of course it didn¡¯t work on the weasel Minah. ¡°Ha!¡± Taking advantage of that gap, I also got out of cover and ran to Orga¡¯s left side. The top of the tower was not very wide, so Orga, who had a huge torso, couldn¡¯t move quickly. Kwachangchang! Its tail shattered all the glass of in this observatory room and swung at me, but I ducked and avoided it. ¡°Bite it!¡± At the same time, I reached for his leg. I don¡¯t mean to attack. No matter how much I raised the current player¡¯s stats to the maximum, Orga couldn¡¯t get hurt even after a hundred attacks. Kchak. ¡®Great.¡¯ A silver ring was attached to his leg, tightening it. It¡¯s a training bracelet. ¡¸Koooo!¡¹ Minah¡¯s teeth brushed Orga¡¯s eyes, and Orga screamed. The weasel¡¯s teeth clearly tore the eye of petrification. ¡°Well done! One side is enough, e this way!¡± ¡°Kyuu~!¡± One side of the Eye of Petrification disappeared, and its radius was extremely reduced. ¡®Until here, it¡¯s going as planned.¡¯ What I need to do from now on is to endure its attack and move it to the designated location. ¡°You weren¡¯t an ordinary weasel!¡± ¡°Of course. Where do you get a weasel in the middle of Seoul?¡± Quaggagak! His front claw almost scratched my left side. He was ahead of me in strength and speed, but I was able to avoid it easily because I was familiar with the pattern of the basilisk. ¡®But it¡¯s a bit dangerous.¡¯ The difference in basic ability was so great that there was a high possibility that I would not be able to dodge a large attack. Doo doo doo! ¡¸Darn it!¡¹ ¡°Now your true nature es out. If you¡¯re a lizard, you should act like a lizard.¡± ¡¸I will never let you go!¡¹ Orga¡¯s movements intensified. He must have been very angry with me. Not only would his petrification¡¯s evil eye, but his pride would have been seriously hurt as well. To be hit by a player whose current stat limit is just F, anyone who sees this will laugh at him. Kwak Kwa Kwak! I circled in the direction of the wounded eye as best I could. By doing so, I can act outside of the Eye of Petrification and the range of sight. Weeing. ¡®Nice.¡¯ The cell phone in my pocket rang. It means that Hyun-Kyun has finished preparing underground. ¡®Then¡­Okay, now that Orga is starting to regain his cool as well.¡¯ It seemed I had to change my ways. ¡®Let¡¯s see¡­. Great.¡¯ I tapped the air and opened a window. It is to know the exact location of ¡®it¡¯. ¡°hey.¡± ¡°Kyu-?¡± The weasel that was hanging on my shoulder looked at me with a face asking what else is there. ¡°Do you remember what I said earlier? If I give you a signal¡­.What I said.¡± The weasel¡¯s head nodded up and down. Fortunately, she didn¡¯t seem to have forgotten. ¡°Then go. When I raise my left arm from a distance, scream as loud as you can.¡± ¡°Kyi.¡± The weasel nodded slowly, then jumped off my shoulder and ran away. Boooooong! ¡°Eak.¡± Orga¡¯s tail passed over my head as I was caught off guard. ¡¸You¡¯re trying to do something again.¡¹ ¡°Because I can¡¯t win without being cunning.¡± ¡¸It¡¯s funny. No matter what you do, you can¡¯t beat me.¡¹ Orga thumped and took a big step forward. This guy was driving me slowly. ¡¸I mend you for preparing such a weasel. I also know that you have built up stats that are overwhelmingly stronger than other players. I wonder how you¡¯ve already strengthened yourself to that level¡­. Only!¡¹ Thump, thump. Kuaang!! He turned his head toward me as I turned to the left, opened his mouth wide, and tried to bite me, but I quickly rolled away. ¡¸Even My lowest stat is D rank. You can¡¯t win no matter what you do.¡¹ (T/N: Stat as in strength, magic, etc.) Orga, who regained his posure, twisted his body fiercely and attacked me with his arms. His fastest ever attack. ¡¸That¡¯s the ¡®difference in class¡¯.¡¹ Chow! This attack is unavoidable. No matter how experienced you are, there are limits. His agility is probably C rank. No matter how hard I struggle as an F rank, I have no choice but to be cought up in the end. The reason I was able to escape so far was because the top floor was difficult for him to move, and he injured one eye, limiting his vision and losing his cool. But there was obviously a gap that even that couldn¡¯t fill. I can¡¯t win no matter what It¡¯s not strange that he thinks so. However. ¡°That¡¯s too much.¡± I raised my left arm. [©¤©¤©¤!!] The cry of an animal hit my ears. That¡¯s right, the crow of a chicken. Chapter 20 Kugu kugu kugu. The ground shook as Orga stepped forward. The building¡¯s glass windows shattered by the continuous explosions. Orga, balancing on the swaying floor, shouted toward Sehan. ¡¸What did you do?!¡¹ ¡°It¡¯s bombs. I planted bombs on every floor.¡± It is a bomb that Minah installed in the past week at my request. == Adhesive Bomb A bomb that can be activated remotely. Does no damage to monsters and players. == An item that can be purchased from the DLC store. It is a bomb used to destroy simple obstacles, but it can also blow up the floors of a building. The floor on which Orga is stepping has not yet exploded, but it will soon explode. Listening to the increasingly nearing explosions, Orga laughed at Sehan. ¡¸Pathetic! Do you think I would die to mere bombs? Or are you thinking of making me die by falling? It¡¯s no use either way!¡¹ ¡°I know. I know the fact that I shouldn¡¯t try to kill you with Earth¡¯s commonsense.¡± In other words, everything on Earth is an object in the game. Monsters cannot be killed with objects. On subjects that follow the laws of the earth, they cannot be killed. Which is a pretty outrageous setting. Elements of the game must be involved, which can damage monsters. Just like now. ¡°I wasn¡¯t running around for nothing. Though, it looks like you¡¯re too dull to realize that.¡± ¡¸What nonsense are you¡­¡­ Wait, what is this?!¡¹ ¡°Training bracelet. Conveniently, the size is adjustable.¡± A silver bracelet was wrapped around Orga¡¯s leg. one on each of the four legs. ¡¸Why this?¡¹ ¡°Why did I put training bracelets on you? I can increase the weight of the bracelet using this gem.¡± That was the reason I brought these bracelets. So that I can fill the gap in power between us. ¡°The weight can increase up to 10 tons.¡± There are four bracelets, so the total weight increase is 40 tons. ¡°So now experience it for yourself. The ¡®difference in weight¡¯.¡± I said while raising a shining red jewel. It turned orange, and then yellow. ¡¸Ahh, ugh?!¡¹ Siik, siik. Orga¡¯s heavy feet sank. He couldn¡¯t move and the ground began to crack. ¡°¡¯The difference is class¡¯ my ass.¡± I smiled and lifted the jewel, which has now turned purple. Kwaaaang!! ¡¸Aaaarggghh!¡¹ Orga¡¯s cries echoed. The ground he was stepping on was destroyed by a bomb, and Orga¡¯s body crashed into the hole destroyed by a bomb. The height of the Rome World Tower is more than 500 meters. Less than half of the bombs were installed on the ground. However, the body of the basilisk that fell from that height effortlessly broke the rest of the floor and continued to fall. Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Concrete, marble, rebar. ¡¸Ooooaah!¡¹ A monster weighing over 40 tons could not be stopped. ¡®Do you think I¡¯m going to die like this!¡¯ Orga fell and tried to move his body, but it was impossible. The weight of the training bracelet was something that even a Basilisk could not handle. ¡®Even if I fall to the floor, I won¡¯t die. But these bracelets will break.¡¯ And when that happens, he will surely kill the cheeky human who laughed at him. Due to the weight of the bracelets, if he falls, Orga will surely be damaged. But not to the extent that could kill him, he will definitely kill that human. ¡¸That..?¡¹ Something glistened in Orga¡¯s eyes as he was tearing through the rubble of the building and the steel frame that had been by broken the bomb. A sharp shiny golden spear. The sharp blade of the spear was aiming at the sky as if it was waiting for him to fall on it. ¡¸What?¡¹ He wondered. Why is there an upside-down spear there? ¡®There are no weapons he can get in the second main quest that can penetrate my scales. There¡¯s no need for me to worry.¡¯ If it was a normal spear, Orga would have been right. In general, the weapon that you can get in the second main quest is a rusty weapon that you can get by killing goblins and the equipment that you can buy with points at best. Such a weapon could not inflict a single wound on the scales of a basilisk. But that spear was by no means an ordinary spear that was plugged in there. Pachaak!! His scales tore like a sheet of paper, and the blade of the spear pierced Orga¡¯s body. ¡¸No..ns..ense¡­¡¹ The Orichalcum-coated spear did not bend even a little, even though it pierced Orga¡¯s body. Kwakkwakkwa!! Instead, the ground shattered, and a monster nearby was crushed by a basilisk that had fallen from the ceiling. It was then that a notification rang out to all the players present in this stage. At first, Hyun-Kyun thought it was ridiculous. The spear was installed on the 6th floor of the basement and in the center of the floor as he instructed. ¡®Is this going to work?¡¯ And when Sehan gets in touch with Hyun-Kyun, Sehan asked him to direct the boss monster to the vicinity of the spear where it had been plugged in. On the 6th basement level, the boss monster waiting for those led by Hyun-Kyun was a Beholder. A monster in the shape of a giant eyeball that flies through the air. It was a monster that couldn¡¯t be fatally hit even with a desperate attack from Hyun-Kyun¡¯s group. So, as Sehan instructed, they lured it towards the spear¡­ ¡°Hyung, what the hell is going on?¡± The party who was fighting alongside him started asking why they were doing this, but Hyun-Kyun looked up without saying a word. Booooooom!! And a huge hole suddenly appeared from above. The hole continued endlessly to reach the top of the tower. ¡°Did he drop that monster from the top¡­¡­?¡± He can only understand that. Dropping something exactly on this thin spear is not as easy as it sounds. To be honest, this is a scene that doesn¡¯t make sense. ¡°Both of them are dead now, right?¡± ¡°¡­ It seems like it.¡± In front of Hyun-Kyun was a huge pit. This is the place where a Basilisk, which fell from the ceiling, was pierced by the spear. The beholder, which Hyun-Kyun and his party were fighting to the death, became a handful of blood and was covered by the huge size of the basilisk. ¡®The observers definitely weren¡¯t expecting that.¡¯ Observers which would normally fly frantically through the air were fixed on the corpse of the Basilisk. Come to think of it, if the monster in the basement is the boss monster on this stage, what on earth is this Basilisk then? [You have cleared ¡®Main Quest 2¡¯!] [Your quest achievement level is ¡®Silver¡¯ grade.] [The rewards will be distributed soon.] The notification rang out and a window appeared. With this, Hyun-Kyun realized that the second main quest was finally cleared. ¡®This time it¡¯s a silver grade.¡¯ According to what he read in the ¡®help¡¯ window, the quest achievement level is up to platinum, and below that, gold, silver, and bronze. Further down, they are numbered and rated as 1, 2, or 3. A silver grade is a high enough achievement, but it was a disappointing grade for Hyun-Kyun, who achieved ¡®gold¡¯ in the first main quest. After waiting for a while, a reward appropriate to silver grade was paid. The reward wasn¡¯t bad, but it wasn¡¯t comparable to the gold grade either. It was normal up to this point, but Hyun-Kyun couldn¡¯t help but be puzzled at the next notification window that popped up. [From the third main quest onwards, the stages will be activated automatically when a certain time has passed or certain conditions have been met.] ¡°What?¡± Of course, players who thought the third main quest was about to begin were puzzled too. ¡°Does that mean we won¡¯t know when the third quest will start?¡± It felt quite empty now that they have no clear purpose to pursue now. ¡°Hyung, what do we do now?¡± ¡°I¡­ don¡¯t know.¡± Suddenly, things happened like this, so I couldn¡¯t get a sense of what to do. First of all, I needed to go back to the subway station and discuss with the others. ¡®Huh?¡¯ At that time, the Observers, who were fixed on the body of the Basilisk, moved in unison. Looking in the direction the observers were moving, wondering what was going on, Hyun-Kyun could see Sehan, who could be said to be the protagonist of this quest, walking towards him. His expression did not change even when he saw the large pit formed by the fall of the basilisk. ¡®What the hell is he?¡¯ I¡¯ve felt a strange sense of incongruity before, but this time it wasn¡¯t normal. This was not something that an ordinary college student could do. ¡°It looks like everyone is okay.¡± ¡°¡­Yeah, we¡¯re all right. Thanks to you.¡± We did manage to kill it, but to be honest, I feel ashamed. ¡°It¡¯s all thanks to you listening to what I asked you to do.¡± ¡°Honestly, I was a little dubious too, but I couldn¡¯t help it since we wouldn¡¯t be able to kill it with our skills.¡± If we hadn¡¯t killed it this way, we wouldn¡¯t have killed the boss monster within the period. ¡®If it were them, they¡¯d have killed it already.¡¯ A group of players led by Joo Won would have been able to kill the Beholder. If Sehan hadn¡¯t been here, the thought that we would have been the ones who died after being pushed out of the competition made me shudder. ¡®We can¡¯t go on like this.¡¯ ¡®We need to get stronger.¡¯ Looking at it that way, it was luck that the third main quest didn¡¯t start right away. ¡°Hup.¡± Sehan pulled out a spear from the corpse of a basilisk that was slowly disappearing. ¡®As expected of Orihalcum.¡¯ If Sehan¡¯s stats were at least D, he would have killed the Basilisk by swinging the spear himself. ¡®I did this since it wouldn¡¯t work with my stats.¡¯ ¡°What are you going to do now?¡± Hyun-Kyun, who was quietly staring at Se-han, asked. ¡°It said we had some time left until the third main quest, so I¡¯m thinking of wandering around.¡± ¡°Wandering around? Where?¡± ¡°Just¡­ as far as my feet take me?¡± It was necessary to acquire the necessary skills and equipment, and it was necessary to remove dangerous sprouts in advance. ¡®Now that things have turned out this way, the GM might be plotting something.¡¯ The big picture won¡¯t be different, but there¡¯s a high chance that it will be different from the previous round in small aspects. ¡°If anything happens, call me anytime. If I wasn¡¯t doing anything special at the time, I will come help you.¡± Sehan tapped the phone in his pocket and said. Then, after carrying his spear on his shoulder, he lightly turned his back. It was a little regretful for Hyun-Kyun, who thought that he would continue to go with him. ¡°Okay, call me if you need any help.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Sehan nodded his head slightly and said goodbye to Hyunkyun. It will probably be quite a while before we see him again. Sehan smiled at Hyunkyun, who had a sad face. ¡®Perhaps he felt it because of this incident.¡¯ That they lack a lot. ¡®I helped a lot this time, but I¡¯m not planning to help them forever.¡¯ They have to survive alone until at least the seventh main quest. If it was Hyun-Kyun, he would surely be able to do it. ¡®Come to think of it, who is the god who chose Hyun-Kyun as his avatar?¡¯ Come to think of it, he forgot to ask. ¡®If I get a chance later, I¡¯ll ask.¡¯ The day will come when he will find out anyway. Sehan thought so and headed to the ground. There is still one unfinished business. ¡°You were later than expected.¡± When I headed to the promised place, Jisoo welcomed me. ¡°Did you change your clothes? Was it torn?¡± ¡°No, it got a little dirty, so I changed into something else.¡± Her new outfit was still a black dress, but the design was oddly different. And on top of that, she was wearing the armor I bought her, but it seemed that the armor would no longer function properly. ¡®A normal person would have died a hundred times.¡¯ My tongue stuck out as I looked at the armor that left traces of sword cuts. ¡°Why are you pretending I¡¯m not here?¡± ¡°You kept watching.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right¡­though.¡± Minah turned her head around with a new look. After all, high school students who are full of emotions are hard to deal with. ¡°Then¡­¡± I looked around and asked. ¡°What about ¡®him¡¯?¡± ¡°There. I locked him in there just in case.¡± Raising her right hand, Ji-soo pointed behind her, and I saw the dressing room door. This is because where we are now is an abandoned clothing store. Sigh. ¡°Oh, yes. you¡¯re here.¡± When I opened the creaking door, a man with dried red blood all over his body shivered. ¡°You, you¡­.¡± He looked at me with shaky eyes as the door suddenly opened. ¡°How have you been? Park Dong-Kwon.¡± It seems that Jisoo has taught him very well. Looking at the silver bracelet hanging around the trembling Dong-Kwon¡¯s neck, I laughed. Chapter 21 ¡°Hey, you bastard! Take this thing off of me! What the hell is this anyway?!¡± As soon as Park Dong-Gwon saw me, he shouted as he pulled the silver bracelet hanging around his neck. ¡°Take it easy. That¡¯s not a big deal. It¡¯s a bracelet that could split your neck in half if I tweaked it slightly¡­ No, wait, since it¡¯s hanging around your neck, should I call it a choker? Anyway, that¡¯s it.¡± ¡°What?¡± Park Dong-Kwon glared at me with eyes filled with disbelief. Well, you won¡¯t believe me until you actually experience it. I put my hand in my pocket and manipulated the jewel. ¡°Kuaarghh?!¡± Park Dong-gwon¡¯s body tilted sharply and he fell to the floor. Looking down at the croaking Dong-Kwon, I explained. ¡°This is about 200 kg. If you were a normal person, you would have died, but since you¡¯re a player you¡¯ll be fine.¡± ¡°Ackk, kuck¡­!¡± Park Dong-Gwon scratched the floor with a face filled with pain. I looked at him indifferently, then manipulated the jewel again and returned its weight to its original state. ¡°Aah! Ahak, huck, ahuck. This, this is going too far!¡± Dong-Kwon pulled the choker sticking to his neck with his fingers as hard as he could, but the choker didn¡¯t move at all. ¡°It won¡¯t break even if you do that for a hundred days.¡± Because it¡¯s a DLC-only item. ¡°What the fuck!¡± Dong-Kwon struggled for about 5 minutes and eventually gave up, swearing. ¡°What the hell did I do wrong to make you treat me like this?!¡± He asked with a violated expression. Is this guy serious? I felt anew that he was a guy with different values from ordinary people. ¡°Are you seriously asking that? In the first quest, you were going to kill everyone after gathering them up in the auditorium.¡± ¡°¡­.!!¡± ¡°And you betrayed them again this time too. Did you think I wouldn¡¯t know? Minah was watching you right beside you.¡± Minah transformed into the man guarding Dong-Kwon¡¯s cell and she stayed with him for several days. She agreed with Dong-Gwon¡¯s suggestion and took on the role of helping him to make things flow as he wanted. ¡°Yeah, but they all failed!¡± ¡°Yes, it all failed because of me. Otherwise, everything would have been successful.¡± This guy has already done it twice. To be honest, killing him would be better, but I didn¡¯t want to do that. That sentence is too light. I wanted to take advantage of Dong-Kwon as long as I could and make him continue to live and suffer. ¡°That chocker is your primary restraint. It¡¯s just a physical restraint. And another one.¡± I took a small piece of paper out of my pocket. This is an [Absolute Contract]. There are lots of special contracts purchased from the DLC shop. I thought using this contract could make him into a very wholesome and altruistic person. ¡°It is a mental restraint. If you sign this contract, you will never be able to violate the terms.¡± ¡°What¡­?¡± Dong Kwon¡¯s eyes trembled. Then he quickly skimmed through the contents of the contract. The contents of the contract were quite long, but it was understandable by reading the first line. ¡°Eul must become an altruistic, solid, and sincere person from now on.¡± Eul is, of course, Park Dong-Kwon. If he ever harms someone or does something that could cause damage, he will break this contract. ¡°If that happens, the choker will choke you, and you will be writhing in terrible pain for two days. Eventually, your head will explode and you will die.¡± ¡°What¡­?¡± Due to Dong Kwon¡¯s inclination, it is like a contract where all hands and feet are tied. Still, if you look at the bottom of the contract, there is a phrase that says, ¡®It doesn¡¯t matter if you break the contract as long as it is allowed by A.¡¯ Of course, A is me. ¡°Signing a contract like this? Do you think I¡¯m a pushov-¡­?!¡± ¡°Then should I just kill you?¡± Thud. Before Dong-Gwon could finish his words, Ji-soo, tapping the floor with a mace wet with blood and flesh asked. Every time she swung her mace, pieces of flesh flew, it was a scene that even made me flinch. When I looked at Minah, she was already far away from Ji-soo. ¡°N-no, you have to give me a pen. If you just show me the paper, how am I supposed to sign?¡± Dong Kwon¡¯s expression, which was twisted, became servile at once. He couldn¡¯t even make eye contact with Jisoo. ¡®Things went easier, but I¡¯m uncomfortable with it.¡¯ It¡¯s like he gave in to Jisoo, not me¡­ Well, it doesn¡¯t matter. ¡°I-I signed it, now what?¡± ¡°Hmm? Oh, you can go now. After all, I will always know where you are now.¡± ¡°Ah, yes.¡± Dong Kwon¡¯s attitude became polite at once. This is because there is a phrase in the contract to obey unconditionally in the words of ¡®A¡¯. Dong-Kwon slowly walked out of the dressing room with a terrified face. ¡°So, can we go now?¡± ¡°Yes, let¡¯s go. I¡¯m done with my business.¡± There is no need for Dong-Kwon right now. Wherever I am, I will always know what he¡¯s doing, and he probably won¡¯t be able to do something stupid like this through the contract. He probably has two choices. Staying next to Hyun-Kyun and walking around or acting separately from here. If it wasn¡¯t for the contract, he would have chosen the latter, but now that things have turned out like this, I wonder if he¡¯ll go with Hyun-Kyun. I lightly shouted at Dong-Kwon, who opened the door and walked out, while looking at me. ¡°Hey.¡± ¡°Yes?!¡± ¡°See you soon. Live well until then.¡± ¡°Ah, okay.¡± His tone was extremely obedient, but his expression was rotten. Well what can he do If he attacks, he¡¯ll just die. ¡°By the way.¡± After Dong-Kwon disappeared, Ji-soo, who had been silent, opened her mouth. ¡°Is it really okay to just send him away just like that?¡± ¡°Well. It doesn¡¯t really matter.¡± Contracts purchased from the DLC store are absolute. If he tries to do anything, I could physically stop him at any time. Dong-Kwon is trash, but he¡¯s capable, so he¡¯ll become stronger on his own. Then I can use him later. ¡°Okay, we should move slowly. Jisoo What grade did you get this time?¡± ¡°I got a gold grade.¡± As expected, her rating was high. It was probably because she was treated as a ¡®party member¡¯ and to some extent, my achievements were applied to Jisoo as well. In addition, the more points I earned, the more points she could receive, so it was clear that the points she currently accumulated would be significant. ¡°What are you going to do now?¡± ¡°Me? I have some places I need to go. You?¡± ¡°I have a place to go for a while.¡± ¡°Separately?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Jisoo was a valuable force, so I thought about going with her but decided against it after seeing her expression. It seems that she probably has something to deal with alone. ¡°Then there is nothing I can do. We¡¯re in a party anyway, so I can know where you are at any time. Can you see where I am?¡± ¡°Yes. I already learned the party-related system. I¡¯ll be right back when I¡¯m done with my business.¡± ¡°Yes, take your time.¡± Party members could know each other¡¯s location. ¡°Lee Min-ah.¡± ¡°Yes?¡± When I turned my gaze and spoke to Minah, who was far away, her eyes rounded. ¡°As promised, I will give you a reward, so come here.¡± ¡°Oh really?¡± As if Mina had been waiting for it, she came running. ¡°First, I have something to give you.¡± ¡°What? You know what¡¯ll happen if it¡¯s not much, right?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be too surprised when you see it.¡± I handed her a small ring. ¡°A ring?¡± ¡°Right.¡± ¡°¡­.I¡¯m still underaged no matter how attractive I am, that¡¯s it.¡± What the hell was she thinking, she was thinking of something completely different. ¡°This ring is a reward. It¡¯s an item, so check it properly.¡± ¡°Oh, what is it?¡± Minah took the ring and carefully checked the item. == Ring of Secrecy (B) Can completely hide you for a maximum of one hour, twice a day. == Its abilities are extremely simple. However, it is a grade B item. It was as good as it was simple. It can be used for survival and considering Minah¡¯s ability, it will be the best tool to invade any place. ¡®Well, since it¡¯s a platinum-grade reward, it¡¯s bound to be good.¡¯ It was a piece of equipment that I coveted quite a bit, but I gave it as an investment because it was more suitable for Minah than me. In the first place, the Basilisk would not have been killed without Minah¡¯s help. ¡®In addition, I received an additional skill reward.¡¯ The additional reward, the skill, was far greater than that B-class equipment. ¡°Wow, wow! This is class B equipment! Can I really take this? No takebacks, okay?!¡± ¡°It¡¯s a reward for helping me this time. Do you think I would do something like that?¡± ¡°¡­you might.¡± ¡°Ahem.¡± To be honest, I did that a few times in my past round. But unless I¡¯m a bad guy, I won¡¯t do the lowest of things. ¡°Then I can have this? Are you really going to give it?¡± ¡°Yes, yes.¡± Looking at Minah wearing her ring, which she accepted with a happy face, I felt a strange gaze from her side. ¡°what¡¯s the matter?¡± ¡°No, it¡¯s nothing.¡± Jisoo¡¯s expression was strangely sad. No actually, her face is not that different from usual. Oh, maybe it¡¯s because I only rewarded Minah when she helped me in the same way. ¡°I¡¯ll give you something, Jisoo the next time we meet. I think I can find you something good by then.¡± ¡°Yes? Oh, it¡¯s¡­alright.¡± She had a face that said she was looking forward to seeing it. When did she become so timid? ¡°Huh, now that we¡¯ve finished the calculations, let¡¯s move on. It¡¯s not good to stay still.¡± The observers flying around from earlier had been quite annoying. ¡°By the way, you said you had a place to go somewhere else, where exactly is that?¡± ¡°Oh, that? just¡­¡± I smiled and said to Jisoo, who was obviously curious. ¡°I¡¯m going to do some farming.¡± Proper farming is necessary to enjoy this game. ¡°But why are you following me?¡± ¡°Hmm? Is there a reason I shouldn¡¯t?¡± After separating from Jisoo, I moved to a place I had thought of beforehand. Of course, I thought I would be going alone, but unexpectedly, Minah was following close to me. ¡°It¡¯s not okay¡­.¡± To be honest, the observer chasing her was more annoying than Minah. ¡®Haaa, whatever. It doesn¡¯t matter if the number of observers increases by one more anyway.¡¯ After the second quest, the number of Observers following me increased exponentially. It¡¯s why it¡¯s only natural since I killed the Sentinel and did such a remarkable job. I¡¯m not even an ¡®avatar¡¯ yet, so there are bound to be so many observers. ¡°But why did you follow me?¡± ¡°Oppa looked pretty good.¡± ¡°What.¡± ¡°Since you seem pretty skilled. I¡¯m going to ride your coattail while following you around.¡± Minah said with a smile. Indeed, she is the Lee Minah I know. Since she is sensitive to profit, she must have realized that being next to me would benefit her. It¡¯s similar to Jisoo, but Jisoo is a just bit more timid. ¡®It doesn¡¯t matter.¡¯ Minah is a valuable asset. Anyway, since the sponsoring god is God, there are few players with as much potential as Minah. Looking back, there was nothing wrong with building a good relationship. That¡¯s why I gave her B-grade equipment. ¡°Of course, I¡¯m not just chasing after you. If you need anything, I will help you properly.¡± ¡°That¡¯s natural.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Wait for a second.¡± Before Minah could open her mouth, I covered her mouth. Two men appeared in front of me. ¡°Who are you? This is a dungeon we are raiding. Get out of here!¡± A man shouted, holding out a sharp knife. At the word dungeon, Minah¡¯s eyes twinkled, but I chose to ignore it. ¡°Ah, yes. Okay. Let¡¯s go back.¡± ¡°Good choice.¡± As if he was satisfied with my answer, the man didn¡¯t do anything special until we were gone. ¡°I heard there was a dungeon, but are you just going to back off?¡± Minah grumbled as if she didn¡¯t like how I quietly backed off. ¡°No. Now that we know the dungeon¡¯s approximate location, let¡¯s go in.¡± ¡°Oh really? Okay. But it looks like it¡¯s not just one or two people clearing the dungeon?¡± ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s right. It¡¯s about time people form groups.¡± After a while, there will be ¡®guilds¡¯. Because in times of crisis, people will try to unite. ¡°Then how do we get in? Do I have to taunt something again?¡± ¡°You don¡¯t have to. There¡¯s no law saying that the entrance is only there, right?¡± ¡°Ah, then did you find another entrance?¡± ¡°No.¡± As I answered firmly, Minah¡¯s face immediately turned into disappointment. ¡°What¡¯s the point then? Do you think they haven¡¯t found the other entrance if there is another one?¡± Minah¡¯s words were right. Now, there was no way to find the entrance to a new dungeon. So, isn¡¯t the answer simple? ¡°If there is no entrance, we can make one.¡± ¡°??¡± After all, nothing is impossible with DLC-only items in the game. Chapter 22 The dungeons in this world, like other games, are important places to get items and equipment. So most players hide information when they discover a dungeon. Information about dungeons can be said to be very valuable. Of course, that¡¯s just a story between players. Honest Life: Ugh, this is pissing me off. The play keeps getting twisted. Who is that guy that keeps interfering with my avatar? Jester: Haha, serves you right. Honest Life: The girl who has the ability to transform is your avatar, right? Is there anything you know about the guy? Jester: I don¡¯t know~! Honest Life: Oh, so she is your avatar. TGIF: Stop fighting guys, there is a pretty good dungeon here, but I¡¯ll only accept the first three people. (T/N: TGIF is an acronym for ¡®thank god it¡¯s Friday¡¯.) Honest Life: I¡¯m busy. FreshBar: Where is it? TGIF: An hour from Rome World Tower. [map display] FreshbaR: Ah, that¡¯s too far away from me. ¡®Bingo.¡¯ There was a lot of information coming and going in the Seoul area chat room. Among them, information about dungeons were also readily available, and the location of the dungeon the men guarded earlier was also clearly indicated. ¡®By the way, Honest Life seems pretty angry.¡¯ That¡¯s natural since he is the sponsor of Park Dong-Kwon. The Jester is Minah¡¯s supporter, so she should be having a lot of fun watching her avatar. ¡°This is it.¡± ¡°What is this? You didn¡¯t even explain properly from before.¡± Minah asked with a grumpy face. Since I left the chat room open on one side, I had no time to deal with Minah. ¡°Of course, we are going to attack the dungeon.¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t the dungeon entrance over there?¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t I tell you? We just need to make an entrance.¡± I grinned and put my hand on the asphalt floor. Considering the location of the dungeon that was posted in the chat room, the dungeon must have spread far enough to this side. ¡°Exploration.¡± The moment I said the name of a skill, mana flowed through my palm and was absorbed into the ground. == Exploration (B) It explores a radius of 50 meters centered on the place where the user¡¯s hand is placed. == It¡¯s not that wide, but it¡¯s an excellent skill that allows you to discover the structures of facilities and traps that exist within 50 meters. ¡®Surely a platinum-grade reward.¡¯ I think the reason I received this reward was because I took advantage of the building to kill the Sentinel. The discharge of magical energy projected onto the ground read the information beneath the ground. ¡°Not here.¡± ¡°What¡¯s not here?¡± ¡°Let¡¯s move some more.¡± The dungeon was definitely spread to below somewhere around here. I wondered if there would be a boss room at this point, but it seems to be a much larger dungeon than expected. ¡°It¡¯s here.¡± As a result of using the ¡®Exploration¡¯ skill and moving a few more times, I was able to find the right place. ¡°What are we doing here? Please explain properly.¡± ¡°There is a boss room 20 meters down here.¡± ¡°Boss room? Are you referring to the dungeon they guarded earlier?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Usually, dungeon rewards can be obtained by defeating the boss or in a special room that opens after defeating the boss. You can also get it from monsters that appear in dungeons, but it¡¯s not much compared to the rewards you get from the boss room. ¡°And? Is that all?¡± ¡°That¡¯s all.¡± ¡°You said it was 20 meters below us! What difference does knowing that do? Do you have a license as an excavator operator, Oppa? How are you going to dig 20 meters?¡± After Minah asked that with a sarcastic face, she let out a deep sigh. ¡°What else do I have to say? In addition, I¡¯m telling you in case you didn¡¯t know, but dungeons are protected by special magical powers, so you can¡¯t just go through the ground to get into them.¡± ¡°Did you hear that from your god?¡± ¡°Yeah. I just got a note.¡± It seems that it was quite absurd. In fact, even in the chat room, they were giggling and laughing at me. I thought he was smart, but he said something absurd. ¡®It¡¯s usually like that.¡¯ What Minah said is mostly true. I wouldn¡¯t have done this without the DLC shop. ¡°But what if I use this?¡± ¡°What, what is that? Where did you get it from?¡± ¡°Of course, I took it out of the inventory.¡± ¡°No, I¡¯m not asking that.¡± After the second main quest, all players were given something called ¡®inventory¡¯. The inventory boasted ample space to take out such huge equipment at any time. ¡°Euup.¡± I put the digging drill in my hand on the ground. Of course, it¡¯s not just any drill. This is a DLC-only item. == Dungeon Destroyer¡¯s Digging Drill: Can penetrate the ground. Even the topography of dungeons can be changed, but a drill appropriate to the level of the dungeon is required. == It¡¯s a digging drill that I bought for 2000 points! This is a DLC-only item purchased using all 2000 points received as a platinum-level reward. Even if it was more expensive, I would have bought it without thinking. Please note that drills are sold separately. The only thing sold in the DLC shop is a drill that uses iron, which is the lowest grade. I guess I¡¯ll have to make a better drill myself, but¡­ ¡®I have ¡®Compressed Orichalcon¡¯.¡¯ I smirked at the drill¡¯s blade, which glowed pale gold. I don¡¯t know what level the dungeon below this is, but there was no dungeon that couldn¡¯t be drilled with the Orhalcon drill. ¡°Oh, oh. It looks like there¡¯s something there.¡± ¡°Look carefully. We¡¯re going straight to the boss¡¯s room.¡± Wheein! I slowly brought the drill that was spinning hard to the ground. Doo doo doo! Minah¡¯s eyes widened as if she was surprised to see the drill breaking through the ground. ¡°Wow¡­ when do you think we will get to the dungeon?¡± It¡¯s not like I¡¯m surprised by her admiration. But it was much slower than I thought. ¡°An hour or two¡­maybe?¡± ¡°Then aren¡¯t the people inside going to get to the boss first?¡± ¡°Dungeon raids take at least a week, so we don¡¯t need to worry.¡± Receiving free movement is limited to players who have cleared the second main quest, so it shouldn¡¯t have been that long. At most, it¡¯s been a day or two after discovering the dungeon. Even if I tried to attack in the meantime, I wouldn¡¯t have made much progress. ¡°In the first place, are you sure a drill that¡¯s going to dig into the ground is supposed to look like that¡± ¡°Don¡¯t you know that anything is possible in games?¡± After drilling for about an hour, it seemed to have dug in about 5 meters. The problem was that my shoulders and back were not very sensible when I drilled that much. ¡°Hey, Lee Min-ah.¡± ¡°What.¡± Minah, who was lying on the floor and reading a magazine, replied indifferently. It must have been a magazine appropriately picked up from a nearby bookstore. ¡°Let¡¯s switch.¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t it impossible for Oppa to be having a hard time in the first place?¡± ¡°It has nothing to do with muscle strength because it is simply fatigue. Oh, let¡¯s just shift for an hour.¡± It felt like if I knocked any longer, my body would fly onto the floor. ¡°Okay. Instead, give me some of the dungeon rewards later.¡± Minah jumped in through the hole I dug. I warmed up while watching Minah drill, and when Minah said she couldn¡¯t do it anymore, we switched again. Five hours to repeat like that. We were able to reach the top of the dungeon only when the sun had already set and the stars were twinkling in the sky. ¡°I don¡¯t think I want to do this anymore¡± ¡°But you have to.¡± There are many dungeons to go to. Quadduk! As the drill penetrated the ceiling of the dungeon, the ground split like a spider¡¯s webs. Kwak! ¡°Mommyyy!¡± Minah screamed as the floor collapsed. [You have arrived at the deepest part of the dungeon.] ¡°We got to the right spot.¡± As soon as I landed on the floor, a notification sounded. I looked around and properly put the drill back into my inventory. Minah, who was looking around with a nervous face, pointed her finger at a praying mantis. ¡°Isn¡¯t that over there the boss monster?¡± ¡°Right. That guy is the boss of this dungeon.¡± The monsters around them were very wary of us since we had suddenly broken through the ceiling of the dungeon. ¡°Are you Mentis?¡± ¡°Ugh, I hate bugs.¡± A monster in the shape of a giant praying mantis, Mentis. There were Little Mentis around them with shining eyes. ¡°It¡¯s still too much to say that it¡¯s a boss.¡± If it were a higher-grade dungeon, the Queen Mentis or King Mentis would have been the boss and Mentis would have been the subordinates. ¡°You take care of the babies.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± It¡¯s not as good as Jisoo, but Minah has some fighting power, so she should be able to keep the Little Mentises in check. I put the ¡®Compressed Orichalcon¡¯ back on the spear like before. == Steel Spear (Orichalcum Coated) (F ¡ú C+) Durability: F ¡ú B Sharpness: F+ ¡ú C Magic Conversion: F ¡ú C Special Ability: None. == A steel spear coated with Orichalcum can pierce a Basilisk¡¯s hide. It should be able to pierce Mentis¡¯ shell without any problems. ¡°Kieack!¡± I avoided the sharp foreleg of Mentis, who screamed and rushed at me. As Mentis has the same appearance as a praying mantis, their attack patterns are also similar. Its attacks are fierce and sharp, and it boasts powerful attack power among insect-type monsters. shhh! shhh! If caught on that sharp arm, five or six people could be cut off at once. Because of its large size and the famous boss buff, it will be difficult for first-time players to dodge Mentis¡¯ onslaught. ¡®Though, if you know what to do, it¡¯d be easier to dodge than chewing gum.¡¯ Conversely, its shells are weak, even among insect-type monsters. In particular, its neck is too thin, so it¡¯s easy to kill it in one shot if you aim properly. ¡°Just like this.¡± Awesome!! As the golden trail passed by, Mentis¡¯ head was cut off at once. ¡°Wow. Very skillful. Isn¡¯t that still an E-class monster?¡± ¡°Mentis¡¯ are easy to kill if you know their weaknesses.¡± When Mentis fell down, the Little Mentis¡¯ fled outside, clattering. [You have cleared the dungeon!] [You are the first player to clear this dungeon!] [An additional 1000 points will be awarded.] [You have earned the title ¡®I Don¡¯t Want It If I¡¯m Not First¡¯.] ¡­What is wrong with the title name? It is only after clearing the second main quest that these ¡®titles¡¯ will appear. Titles earned before that time are added to the quest and given as a reward. ¡®That¡¯s why I was able to win multiple rewards.¡¯ Anyway, the more you earn these ¡®titles¡¯, the better. Since the number of titles increases what you can do? ¡°Then let¡¯s check what you dropped.¡± I moved closer to Mentis¡¯ corpse, which was beginning to crumble. ¡°Oh, a magic stone.¡± The items that Mentis dropped were an F-grade magic stone and a skill called Sharp Strike. ¡°Nothing great.¡± The sharp blow was only an E-class skill. ¡°Are you done with this?¡± ¡°No way. This is only after catching the boss, there is a separate reward for clearing the dungeon.¡± Usually, that¡¯s from the room right behind where the boss was. As expected, there was a staircase going down where Mentis was standing earlier. When I went down the stairs, various items were piled up. Since dungeons are usually attacked by a large number of people, there were a lot of items that could be obtained. ¡°Wow! Can we take all of this?¡± ¡°Yup, it¡¯s fine. Take everything.¡± ¡°Leave it to me!¡± Minah put various items in her inventory with a very excited face. It took less than 30 minutes for us to pack all the items and get out of the dungeon. Four days later, a group of over ten people arrived at the boss room entrance. ¡°Brothers, we have finally arrived. It is clear that we were probably the first of all players to clear the dungeon.¡± ¡°It¡¯s time to say goodbye to these bugs. Let¡¯s go! The first dungeon raid rewards are ours!¡± ¡°Yes!!¡± Strolling across the mucus-covered floor, the men hurried to their feet. How long have you been struggling to get here? After killing all kinds of bug-type monsters and digging through dungeons that were dirty and gave off a terrible stench, we were finally able to come here. Now, if we clear the dungeon here, we will receive a huge reward. It must be clear since his ¡®God¡¯ said so. ¡°Eh?¡± When I entered the boss¡¯s room with a nervous face, for some reason I felt empty. ¡°What about the boss?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t see it.¡± There were traces of something, but nothing was really visible. It was like an insect nest that was sprayed with insecticide. ¡°Older brother! There are stairs going down there!¡± ¡°Right! See if the boss is there!¡± The panicked men also hurried down the stairs. ¡°What? What did you see?¡± ¡°No. It was really empty.¡± But there was nothing there either. There really was nothing. It just feels like there was something in this room. ¡°Oh, God! How the hell did this happen!¡± The man expressed his indignation and shouted at the sky, but somehow his ¡®God¡¯ didn¡¯t answer.