Return of the Frozen Player 501
Maze of the Exiled (1)
Heavy eyelids slowly rise.
While reading a book to Seo-Ri, it seems that she fell asleep while sitting in a chair.
A familiar voice awakened my mind.
“Are you awake?”
“Sorry, I forgot to fall asleep.”
Why am I so tired after a good night’s sleep?
Maybe it was because Frost used too much of his mental power.
Seo Jun-ho raised his head.
“How much of your mental strength do you have?
His words slurred, and his eyes shook slightly.
Surrey let out a small laugh as if that was quite funny.
“You have a funny face.”
“you… … what?”
The one in front of me is the Frost Queen.
The problem is that her appearance is a little different from the one she knew.
“Have you evolved again?”
“You see?”
The appearance of shrugging his shoulders reveals an unknown dignity.
Previously, no. Just a few days ago, it was like a dance and it was cute.
Seo Jun-ho’s face quickly turned sullen.
“Why do you keep evolving? …
“What is the reaction? Aren’t you happy that the original woman has become stronger?”
“No, getting stronger is good, of course.”
The regret that cannot be hidden lingers bitterly in the heart.
“I should have taken more pictures… …
“Contractor, do you want to keep saying gross things?”
“omg.”
It’s disgusting. Suddenly, I am immersed in the feelings of fathers with adolescent daughters.
When Seo Jun-ho made a gloomy expression, Seo-ri let out a sigh.
“Whoa, contractor. get out.”
kicked out
“I just wake up every morning, grind the spirit stone, sprinkle it all over the cake… …
“know. I know very well about your hardships.”
“Ha, you raised it really fucking hard.
place… …
pat, pat.
Junshik patted him on the shoulder. It gives me a little bit of strength.
“But you knew that one day it would be like this. Frost can’t stay small for thousands of years.”
“… … I don’t even want it for a thousand years. I wish it had been like that for just a hundred years.”
“The body has grown, but frost is frost. Nothing changes.”
That’s what this guy doesn’t know.
We only chatted for a short time, but it made me feel quite smart.
“I think it was rather good. You will have to fight stronger enemies in the future, so it will be of great help.”
“I just need to fight harder.”
“……Ugh.”
Junshik shook his head.
The evolution of frost must have been quite a shock, the main body kept writing in groups.
‘What is this, the law of conservation of mental age
Is it the same thing?’
As soon as one becomes a little grown-up, the other becomes a child.
Junsik changed the subject of the conversation.
“It’s okay, forget about it. Then, how did you go?”
“… … Where are you going?”
“You went to dreamland after eating nuclear weapons. They ask if the absorption went well.”
” iced coffee.”
Seo Jun-ho nodded with a weak face.
“That’s it, that’s okay.”
[Wheel of Time]
Rating: s
Effect: You can exert influence over time.
Junshik, who was looking at the system window from the side, blinked.
“Effect on time? What nonsense are you talking about?”
“I don’t know.”
Actually, I was going to study the ability first after the absorption, but the frost hurts.
had completely forgotten about
Seo Jun-ho seriously thought about it.
“If I study this ability well, will it be possible to cancel the evolution of frost?”
“You talk like a mad scientist.”
Junshik, who tutted his tongue, said.
“Okay, try using your abilities. I wonder what the power to control time is.”
“hmm. wait for a sec.”
With his eyes closed, Seo Jun-ho’s consciousness quickly sank.
He realized one by one the information about his newly acquired abilities.
‘Um, that’s ambiguous.’
The Wheel of Time, as described, was the ability to exert influence over time.
The problem was its scope.
“It’s like a buffet.”
“Oh, that’s a significant metaphor. what do you mean?”
“There are many types of food, but when I tried to put them on a plate, there was nothing to eat.
uh.”
Using the wheel of time, it is possible to turn back time or fast-forward it.
I hadn’t tried it, but with a little practice, I thought it would be possible to see a scene from the future, just like Tzepes did.
“Then isn’t it great?”
“The problem is that I don’t have much time to manipulate it.”
The time that Seo Jun-ho can handle now with this ability is, at best, fleeting.
No matter how much time is important in a fight between masters, even if the time was short, it was too short.
“Let’s try it once. Write and talk.”
Junshik jumped up from his seat and grabbed his fist.
“Then do you want to blow your fist?”
“… … uh, try it.”
When permission was given, a fierce fist flew like before the island.
‘The wheel of time.’
The moment you use your abilities. drooling, de
ruck.
The golden wheel that floated in front of me turned slightly to the left.
Jun-shik’s fist approached me as if it were wrapped in tape, and my mouth opened.
“Then do you want to blow your fist?”
“Ooh.”
Instead of answering, Seo Jun-ho retched.
An intense shock shakes the head and chest.
As if the whole soul had been beaten with a hammer
A staggering pain gnawed at him.
“Whoa, I knew it would be like this.”
No matter how much there is no risk-free ability in the world, this was a bit harsh.
“What happened?”
“I turned back 0.3 seconds after seeing you punch, but it took me 4 seconds to come to my senses.”
Of course, it will get better with practice, but right now it’s to the point where it can’t be used in actual combat.
Junshik asked.
“If time reversal is too hard for you, how about using future foreknowledge like Chepesch?”
“… … Speaking of which, let’s try everything we can.”
Several hours of research on abilities were conducted with Jun-shik.
The conclusion drawn from that end was simple.
“Time reversal is 0.3 seconds. Future prediction is 0.2 seconds. The time stop is 0.1 seconds… …
“hmm. In addition to research, training must be tightly paralleled.”
at least one second.
You have to be able to manipulate that much somehow, but you will be able to produce meaningful results.
Seo Jun-ho turned his head.
“I think it would be a little difficult for me alone.”
“Shit, I can’t help it. Summon me again.”
After sending Junshik back and summoning him again, the guy whose memory was updated (?) nodded.
“indeed. Do you use it with this feeling? Definitely takes some time to master
It will take.”
“It will be faster if we do it together.”
It means that the skill level rises twice as fast.
Jun-shik turned his head and looked at me, wishing for something.
“Okay, I’ll give you the meal ticket.”
“no. Not that.”
Jun-shik, who had already been hurt once, wanted something else.
“It is forbidden to cancel my meal at will.”
“……okay.”
The same goes for Seo-ri and Jun-shik.
The era when it could be treated as food was coming to an end.
“Rewind.”
From the lips of Seo Jun-ho, who muttered briefly, ‘Kuk!’ A small moan came out.
However, he quickly regained his composure and reached out his hand.
snap!
“Ugh!”
Seo Jun-ho, who accurately grabbed Jun-shik’s arm, knocked him over.
“Kkeuung, you read it correctly.”
Joon-shik, who got up awkwardly, asked.
“How about it, is it useful now?”
“… … I don’t know.”
It’s already been 15 days since Frost became a high-ranking spirit, that is, the highest level 4 by my standards.
She, too, said that she would train on her own, and was confined to another practice room.
In the meantime, Seo Jun-ho, along with Jun-sik, put all his effort into practicing the ‘Wheel of Time’ ability.
“Now I think I can somehow get back a second or so… … It’s hard.”
Even if it could be solved with the ‘Black Moon Spirit Method’, the consumption of mana was too great.
Above all, the reaction that comes back when you turn back time is at a level that you can’t adapt to even if you go through hundreds of times.
“It would be much more convenient if a related resistance was developed through cell regeneration, but why doesn’t it happen?”
“Every time you go back in time, it feels like your soul is moving. There can be no cells in the soul.”
“If you think about it like that, death resistance doesn’t make sense either.”
“Well, but it’s more like the body than the soul, right?”
I heard it and it seems like that.
And to find another lucky corner, the rate of growth of ability was quite fast.
“Deus Ex Machina was right. Right now, it seems that the power is set low.”
However, as the understanding and proficiency of the ability increases, the effect will grow.
This is proved by the fact that he has grown to this level just by practicing for 15 days.
“I really want to train with you for a few months… … Can’t you?”
“Are you tired.”
Because this morning, a message popped up in front of every player’s eyes.
[The 7th floor, ‘The Labyrinth of the Outcast’ is open.]
[Players, please do your best until the final floor.]
The seventh floor, which was withdrawn last time, has been reopened.
“But the name of the floor has been changed.”
Previously, the 7th floor was definitely the “Adonia” area.
However, the name of the 7th floor, which has been opened again, has been changed to ‘The Labyrinth of the Exiled’.
Above all, the name was so suspicious
all.
“Earth, Frontier, Balbortan, Neo City, Trium.”
According to my experience so far, the name attached to each floor was the name of the ‘world’, at least the ‘city’.
But this time, only the name Miro was attached to it, which was unusual.
Seo Jun-ho was very uncomfortable with that part.
“Don’t worry too much. Couldn’t the labyrinth be bigger than we imagined?”
“well… … I’d rather
yes.”
Now, I had a strong feeling that I had been wrongly fitted from the first button.
“Well, you’ll know when you go.”
Before going down to Earth, he was saying goodbye to Yeon when Wi Soso came to visit him.
“Seo Sohyup.”
“Oh, Soso.”
She said, handing over a bundle she had carried over her shoulder.
“receive. These are the items from Sohyeop.”
“To me? Who sent it?”
“Overflow top.”
Then it was obvious what was inside.
He nodded as he checked the paper with the list of items written on it.
“also. Most of them are items that increase the power of spirits.”
“Then, it’s something I’ve seen.”
The Frost Queen, who had been training for the past few days, embraced the bundle with a happy face.
Through this promotion, she grew taller, and now she is in her late teens.
looked like a girl
“for a moment.”
At that time, Seo Jun-ho restrained the frost and searched inside the bundle.
He took out a small vial and grinned.
“This is not yours.”
“What was it?”
” there is.”
Like a man’s dream.
About 100 players gathered in the briefing room of the Korea Players Association.
There were familiar faces, and there were also faces I hadn’t seen before.
“Before we begin briefly, let me explain the situation.”
A charismatic voice flowed from Deokgu’s mouth.
He explained by opening a hologram PPT.
“First of all, it was first introduced on the 6th floor, Trium
The investigation team system was adopted as a formal system in recognition of its excellent performance. After that, you will know even if I don’t tell you, but that’s why you all gathered here.”
The players nodded.
From the previous investigation team, which was too small, this 7th floor investigation team has grown in scale.
“Your purpose is simple.”
The purpose of the investigation team itself has not changed much from the 6th floor.
“The collection of all information about the new floor. Presumed floor master
Explore whether there is. Finally, if there is a unique civilization on that floor, we figure out if there is an intelligent body that can talk.”
One player asked, raising his hand.
“What should I do if I encounter an entity presumed to be an enemy in the process?”
“Should I kill him and get his body?”
“no. run away Do not forget that survival is the top priority for the investigation team under any circumstances.”
“Hoo.”
There was no need to fight to the point of overdoing it.
This fact brightened the faces of some players.
“The deadline for this investigation is one week. However, if you decide that you cannot continue the mission in the meantime, you may return at any time. A 24-hour recovery team will take turns guarding the front of the elevator.”
“Good.”
The mission itself wasn’t that difficult, and the level of allies going along was also the best ever.
The elites of the Big 5, as well as some of the nine thousand, and even the 5 heroes will go up together.
Excluding those who would protect the earth, it was the best elite team that could be formed.
‘To be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the heroes I’ve only seen in books.’
‘This will also appear in a history textbook or something in the future.’
Everyone had their eyes shining and expressed their anticipation for the upcoming attack.
Sim Deok-gu looked at him and nodded quietly.
“Two days later at 7:00 am. You will enter Level 7, the Labyrinth of the Exiles.”
