46. Four rounds of death
‘Well, walking… … Target?’
Hwang Yong-min looked around.
The player’s attention is entirely focused on this place.
Hwang Yong-min trembled at the gaze that seemed to be looking at toothless prey.
Ryumin saw that and burst into laughter.
“Don’t worry too much. Words are just a target, and there won’t be many people actually targeting you.”
“Huh? You’re not targeting me?”
“You know very well what the player who became the district representative says, right?”
Jo Jung-sik died after being betrayed by Hwang Yong-min, whom he trusted.
Hwang Yong-min received a stat reduction penalty and became insignificant.
The position of district representative only received poor results.
“People have now realized that being a district representative is not a good position.”
“ah…….”
“Besides, as the number of players who have changed jobs increases, the scope for using leadership has drastically decreased, right? It is true that there is no merit compared to the risk of being a representative.”
It was just as Ryumin said.
Now, the position of district representative has become something that can be given but not taken.
Right now, Hwang Yong-min felt like handing over authority to someone else if possible.
‘I don’t have any authority anymore… … .’
Hwang Yong-min looked around once again.
The players were turning their heads as if they had lost interest.
‘Did you just stare at me because I was talking to Black Scythe?’
I thought they were targeting me, but I was mistaken.
In fact, he even avoids eye contact as if he doesn’t want to get involved.
It seems like he really isn’t interested in the representative position.
‘This somehow feels unfair… … .’
At that time, when Hwang Yong-min was looking depressed, someone approached him.
They were Seo A-rin and Ahn Sang-cheol.
‘Why those guys?’
After being surprised for a moment, Hwang Yong-min hesitated and backed away.
They are wary of whether they might try to take the position of representative.
However, the two people just looked at Hwang Yongmin strangely.
Because it was Ryu Min’s job to do it in the first place.
“Ah, hello, Black Scythe.”
Seo A-rin and Ahn Sang-cheol bow their heads.
“Hello, do you remember us?”
“Of course. But what’s going on?”
Ahn Sang-cheol glanced at Hwang Yong-min.
“No other than that, you saved us from that bastard before, right? I just want to say thank you again.”
“What? You idiot?”
Hwang Yong-min was angry, but could not step forward.
Because a black scythe stood between them like a wall.
“You only have to say thank you once. There’s no need to say thank you again.”
“I am grateful. The CEO of our company also said he was grateful for saving me. Oops! Speaking of our CEO….”
“Leave it there. I’m not interested.”
Ryumin tried to turn his back.
“excuse me!”
Seo A-rin hurriedly stepped forward.
“Oh, Black Scythe. This is my sincerity for saving you. Please accept it.”
The item that Seo A-rin held out was the lowest grade purple magic stone.
‘This is an unexpected harvest.’
Ryumin’s eyes sparkled.
“Rather than just expressing my gratitude in words, I think it would be better to give something like this…”
“That’s a good attitude. I’ll take it well.”
Ryumin quickly put the magic stone in his inventory.
‘There’s no reason to refuse such a good item.’
Additionally, by combining two magic stones of the same grade and color, you can create a higher grade magic stone.
‘When I return later, I’ll have to make a low-level magic stone and install it. ‘There are a lot of people watching here.’
I didn’t want to give away unnecessary information.
There’s no need to rush since it’s strong enough anyway without installing a magic stone.
‘Anyway, thank you for giving me this.’
When I look at Seo A-rin with that thought in mind, the thought comes back to me without fail.
-Do you like it? I do not know. You’re not offended that I gave you a seemingly useless rock, right?
After thinking about it, I think he gave it to me without knowing the value of the magic stone.
‘There’s no way I would give it to you if I knew.’
As Ryu Min shifted his gaze, he happened to read Hwang Yongmin’s thoughts.
-I also have something similar to that.
‘huh?’
A strange look appeared in Ryumin’s eyes.
‘Does this guy also have a magic stone?’
I watched Hwang Yong-min and read his inner thoughts more deeply.
But this guy didn’t have a magic stone.
Rather, they had better items.
‘You have [Black Diamond]?’
Black diamond.
It is a material item that drops with an extremely low probability when you catch a monster, and its appearance is similar to a magic stone.
‘In fact, it is an item that is more difficult to obtain than magic gemstone.’
After round 10, you can encounter it often, but in this round, is finding it like picking a star in the sky?
‘I can’t believe you found out that I had such a valuable item. Am I lucky or bad… … .’
Ryumin barely suppressed the corners of his mouth that were about to rise.
If you have black diamonds, you will be able to create unique items in the next 5 rounds.
“Hey… Black Scythe? Don’t you need a shield?”
Ryu Min asked back what Seo A-rin said.
“A shield?”
“I recently changed jobs to a summoner.”
‘Summoner? ‘Seo A-rin?’
It’s not a unique job like the Dark Knight, but it’s not a bad job.
‘It was difficult to raise in the beginning, but there was a player who made a name for himself as a summoner.’
Of course, that player was not Seo A-rin.
“I can summon a fairy and put a protective shield on you, if you need it….”
“I appreciate your intention, but please decline. I don’t think I need it.”
“Ah… I understand.”
It was Seo A-rin who looked somewhat disappointed.
“Then we’ll leave now. I hope you do well in this round as well….”
“Good luck.”
Seo A-rin and Ahn Sang-cheol bowed and left.
Hwang Yong-min, who had nothing more to do, was about to leave quietly.
“for a moment.”
“yes?”
“If you continue like this, you will regret it.”
“What are you talking about….”
“I told you, you’re a walking target.”
“But no one is targeting me anymore, right?”
“I said there wasn’t much, I didn’t say there was nothing at all. The advantage of being a district representative hasn’t disappeared yet.”
“yes?”
“Most of them will have reached level 10 and gotten a job, but there are definitely some non-job seekers. That means there are people who can use leadership.”
“ah…….”
It certainly was.
Even though Hwang Yong-min is level 10, he has not been able to get a job.
This is because the job change items have not been released yet.
“Think about it. Out of over a thousand people, do you think there won’t be a single one targeting you? No matter how risky the CEO position is?”
“…….”
“Rather, the non-formers may desperately try to kill you. It would be better to kill you and take over the leadership, which is a weapon to threaten them, if given to someone else.”
Hwang Yong-min’s expression became anxious again at the sensible words.
“Well, what should we do then?”
“I will help you so that you are no longer targeted.”
“Really? Thank you….”
“I didn’t say it was free. Instead of helping me, did you look at the stone that Seo A-rin gave you a little while ago? If you have such a stone, hand it over to me.”
“Ah… there is such a stone.”
Hwang Yong-min took out an item from the inventory.
[Black Diamond]
-Category: Belongings
-Description: Black hard stone. The surface is smooth and shiny.
Looking at the description, I couldn’t tell where it was used.
Sigh-
Ryu Min, who knew its value, could not help but feel better than when he received the magic stone.
“Good. Are there any other items?”
“Uh, nothing. This is all I can give you.”
When I see Hwang Yong-min covering his body for fear that the equipment he is wearing will be stolen, all I can do is laugh.
“Don’t worry. Even if you give me something like that, I won’t take it.”
If it had been equipment I bought at a store, I would have resold it and gotten some gold, but since it wasn’t, I couldn’t sell it.
“I gave you the item, so are you going to help me from now on?”
“Yes. I will keep my promise.”
Hwang Yong-min’s face brightened at Ryu Min’s weighty words.
– Surely a man wouldn’t say two things with just one mouth?
Although deep down, I was worried that I might not keep my promise.
At that time, an angel, Olive, appeared with light in the sky.
[Kihehehehe! Humans, you gathered today as always? Although the number of people has decreased again.]
“Is the number of people decreasing?”
“Are we fighting in real life again?”
[The number of people currently summoned is 1,042. There were 1,225 survivors in the third round.]
The players were embarrassed, but it was nothing new to Ryu Min.
‘Rather, it’s even stranger that players don’t have accidents during their one month stay in reality.’
I wasn’t that surprised because I didn’t see the survivors gathering in each round.
[Okay, now that everyone seems to have gathered, shall we announce the 4th round quest?]
Flap-!
As soon as the angel’s wings flapped, a message came to mind.
◀ ROUND 4 ▶
<Main Quest>
└Kill each other for 3 hours
[All areas]
└Participants: 181,906,418
└Achievers: 0/90,953,209
[Applicable area ESKS45-5]
└Participants: 1,042
└Achiever: 0/521
The players who saw the quest were confused.
“what’s this?”
“Killing each other?”
[Kuhhh, humans are embarrassed. That’s literally it, everyone.]
The angel smiled brightly, incongruous with the atmosphere.
[Just stab the player next to you and kill him. Very simple, right?]
“Lord, kill me?”
“Player…?”
The players glanced at each other and looked at each other.
Suddenly PK.
I couldn’t help but be embarrassed because I thought I would catch monsters like usual.
[To further explain, the purpose of this round is to reduce the number of players by killing each other. Unlike the last round, no monsters appear at all.]
“I can’t believe monsters don’t appear….”
“I need to level up quickly and become stronger…”
[Low-level players will be disappointed. If you want to grow, you have to wait for the next round.]
“Angel! Then since only half can survive, we only have to kill one of each person?”
[That’s a secret. It’s not fun to talk about.]
Ryumin laughed inwardly at those words.
‘What fun is. There must have been instructions not to mention it above.’
The angels are merely guides, and there is a separate organizer.
If certain rules are hidden, it is probably because of the organizer’s order.
Because an NPC, an angel, would not have the authority to reveal the rules at will.
‘People will think that all of this was orchestrated by angels.’
While the players were confused by the word secret, the angel continued to explain.
[You cannot become an achiever simply by killing players. Only the 521 people who entered the rankings can survive. The order in which they are ranked is a secret. For your information, being quick at killing doesn’t mean you’ll be first. Heh heh.]
“…….”
[ruler! The explanation ends here. I have nothing more to say, so I’m leaving! Then kill each other from now on!]
After the angel disappeared, a message came to mind.
[Time remaining until round end: 02:59:59]
The players looked at each other with embarrassed expressions.
-What should I do now?
-Well, can I just kill him?
-Lord, kill me? Same person… … ?
-You don’t have any grudges?
-Isn’t this round really crazy?
Looking around, I can hear the players’ hesitant thoughts.
I turned my head and read Hwang Yong-min’s thoughts.
-Kill the player? Hehehe, it’s still good. There was a bastard I wanted to kill.
A faint smile appeared on Hwang Yongmin’s lips.
‘I’m thinking of killing Iljin friends as expected.’
Ryumin grinned and approached Hwang Yongmin.
Hwang Yong-min was lost in thought, not even knowing Ryu Min was approaching.
‘Wait a minute, now that I think about it, if players are reluctant to kill me, isn’t that a good thing? You’re saying it’s invincible, right?’
I even burst into laughter.
‘You bastards, I don’t know where they are, but kill them all… … .’
Hwang Yong-min, who belatedly noticed Ryu Min’s approach, was startled and backed away.
“Ah, what a surprise! It’s Mr. Black Scythe. You have some business to do with me….”
“I said earlier that I would help you avoid being targeted, right?”
“I did.”
Ryumin slowly lifted the scythe.
“I came to keep that promise.”
“yes?”
Suddenly!
With an eerie sound, Hwang Yongmin’s vision tilted.
Before I even figured out what was going on.
Tuk-Degul-
Hwang Yong-min’s head fell to the floor.
The same confused expression as when he was alive.
