59. Round 5 begins
‘Uh, how? Boo, you definitely killed him?’
Does the Black Scythe have the ability to resurrect?
Or is it really a ghost talking to you?
With that question in mind, the Black Flame Dragon’s eyes turned to the corpse with its head split open.
“uh?”
But somehow the body was nowhere to be found.
The blood stains also disappeared completely.
As if it was a dream.
“What you killed was my clone.”
“Boo, alter ego?”
“The ability of the alter ego rune is to create completely identical, indistinguishable doppelgängers. However, it does not have combat capabilities.”
“…….”
“Seeing how he was so easily fooled, it seems that he can still be useful even if he doesn’t have combat skills. It was a good test.”
“You tricked me…!”
Ryumin made a bewildered expression at the Black Flame Dragon’s attitude of grinding his teeth as if he was angry.
“What kind of victim cosplay are you doing all of a sudden? The real victim is me. I almost broke my head, right?”
“You are the victim? Who threatened and extorted you first…?”
“Ah, that’s enough.”
Ryumin swung his sickle as if he was annoyed.
At the same time, the Black Flame Dragon’s vision became slanted.
‘uh? what? Suddenly my body stopped listening… … .’
The Black Flame Dragon’s head rolled on the floor.
Until the last moment, he didn’t even realize he was dead.
“It’s a waste of time to listen to more trash.”
Ryu Min, who cut off his head cleanly, took away his weapon.
There is no longer a living player around other than yourself.
‘Is it really worth using? Rune of the alter ego.’
I didn’t put it on the list of runes that must be obtained for no reason.
If it weren’t for the clone rune, I would have been stabbed in the back.
‘Of course, it was deliberately designed to make a surprise attack for testing purposes.’
Ryumin checked the newly acquired rune information once again.
[Rune of alter ego]
-Effect: By memorizing the ‘Create alter ego’ starter word, you create an alter ego identical to yourself.
At this time, the caster becomes a ghost for 10 seconds and is given time to hide.
The created clone is spiritually connected to the caster and can be controlled as desired.
However, you can only perform actions other than attacking, and you cannot use abilities such as using skills or inventory.
There is only one clone that can be created and it has a cooldown of 10 minutes.
Although it has no combat ability, it can completely deceive the enemy and has a short cooldown.
It was definitely a highly deceptive rune.
‘It is the optimal rune to deceive the enemy.’
After smiling with satisfaction, he used the trace erasing skill on his surroundings.
All three corpses and even the blood stains disappeared.
Anyone who looks at it would have a hard time thinking that it was a murder scene.
‘Except for one person.’
Ryumin took a step.
To the victim and only witness, a woman wearing a black envelope.
“Look?”
“…….”
“Why don’t you stop getting up?”
“…….”
“Don’t lie down and pretend to pass out.”
He was lying there as if he were dead, but he wasn’t.
As if to prove this, the woman slowly raised her upper body.
I couldn’t see it because the envelope was written, but it must have been an embarrassed face.
“Huh, how did you know? I pretended to faint…”
‘Well, I could tell because I could hear my thoughts.’
Since he couldn’t speak honestly, Ryu Min just gave a vague explanation.
“Don’t try to trick the players.”
“S-sorry.”
The female president bowed her head in the wrong direction.
She could only hear the sound because of the black envelope Ryumin had put on her.
“Hey, this is uncomfortable. Can I take it off?”
As he was about to take off the envelope, he raised his hand to stop it.
I wore a mask just in case, but you might be able to tell by looking at my clothes.
“No. Just keep using it until I leave.”
“yes…….”
“You know what almost happened to you, right?”
The female president nodded.
“Yes… I was so scared. To the point where I was afraid to open my eyes…”
“Since when have you been awake?”
“That… ever since I decided to give in or not….”
It seems he came to his senses when he came here and was about to be raped by the person in charge and the black scythe.
“I don’t know if you know, but they are all dead. So you can rest assured.”
“Ah… could it be that you, teacher…?”
“Yes. You can kind of guess it by hearing the sound, right?”
Since he was killed without even having time to scream, his voice may not have been heard, but he must have known it.
Puddeudeuk, seoseok, tuk, degururu, etc.
You must have heard a cruel sound that stimulated your imagination.
‘Besides, you must have overheard the conversation between me and the Black Flame Dragon.’
After reading my inner thoughts, it was as expected.
Ryumin’s thoughts were right.
“I’ll ask you a few questions and then I’ll be on my way. Can you help me?”
“yes yes.”
“First, let me briefly explain the situation. You were kidnapped here and almost raped. Do you know who kidnapped you?”
“No, not at all…”
“Anyone guess?”
“hmm…….”
The female manager was thinking about the customers who came today.
“One of the customers who came to the store was suspicious. He entrusted me as a valet, but I remember him ever since….”
“Do you know how many guests there are? Their faces? Do you remember them one by one?”
“There were four of us, and one was in his mid-40s. I remember it clearly because we talked together, but the others were not so well….”
Based on the testimony of the female president, I looked into her inner thoughts.
It was true.
‘I definitely don’t remember other people’s faces.’
This was what Ryu Min wanted to check.
Whether you remember your face or not.
‘I prepared in advance and acted without presence, but it’s better to be certain.’
Fortunately, I don’t even remember the face like I did in the previous episode.
“Okay, I’ll leave the questions here.”
“Um… then am I safe now? It’s all over, right…?”
In response to the crying voice, Ryumin spoke softly as if to reassure him.
“Yes. Now you can go home in peace. It may be hard, but forget everything about today.”
“Ah… thank you. I really appreciate your help.”
“Oh, don’t just report it to the police and cause trouble. There is a risk of retaliation.”
“Yes, got it.”
“You just have to count 60 seconds inside the bag and then take it off. Do you understand? Don’t take it off before that.”
“Yes I will.”
“…….”
“hey?”
There was no answer.
Even if I concentrate on hearing, I can’t hear a single footsteps.
‘What’s going on? Can I just count down 60 seconds from now?’
The woman first counted 60 seconds.
The only sound that could be heard was the sound of envelopes rustling in the wind.
“Puh-ha!”
As soon as I counted 60 seconds, I threw the envelope away.
I looked around with a nervous face, but all I saw was a shabby warehouse.
‘Uh, what happened?’
There was no body, no blood stains, and no unidentified man who saved her.
The woman made a blank expression at the unexpected sight.
‘no way… … ‘It’s not a dream, is it?’
If it was a dream, it was an extremely realistic nightmare.
* * *
Time passed and the day arrived without fail.
April 30th.
The 5th round is just around the corner.
Ryu Min put on his equipment and checked the status window like a general going into battle.
-Name: Ryumin
-Nickname: Black Scythe
-Grade: Regular
-Title: Last time rebel (hidden), first angel slayer (hidden), one who opposes heavenly punishment (hidden)
-Level: 30
– Occupation: Grim Reaper
-Strength: 35, Intelligence: 39
-Dexterity: 39 Luck: 34
-Common skills: tracking, presence detection, erasing traces
-Exclusive skills: Seal of Death, Night of Death
-Rune: Rune of Massacre, Rune of Reaper, Rune of Radiance, Rune of Inner Heart, Rune of Self-Impersonation
-Gold held: 2,150
-Stat points remaining: 0
<Additional features>
[Shop: You can purchase items.]
[Combination: Items can be combined.]
[??? : Unlocked upon reaching Lv40]
[??? : Unlocked upon reaching Lv60]
[??? : Unlocked upon reaching Lv99]
Ryumin separated the orange and yellow magic stones that had previously been embedded and combined them with the magic stones obtained from the Black Flame Dragon.
After upgrading to a lesser magic stone and inserting it into the equipment, the strength and luck increased by 4.
As a result, beautiful statistics were created.
‘Stats are over 30 on average.’
This was a spec that was significantly superior to its level.
Even against the same level, you won’t be defeated at all.
‘It’s not the same level, though.’
Since the second place ranking in the entire district was level 13, there is nothing more to say.
‘It’s nice to be strong compared to your level, but… … .’
Above all, it was pleasing that the stats were optimized for the conditions of the Rune of Balance.
‘In this 5th round, you will receive the Rune of Balance. And I’ll even make unique items.’
In addition, Ryumin’s goal was to reach level 40.
‘It’s possible if you do it right. Especially if you have Minjoo-ri’s buff.’
There was no buff for Minjoo-ri in the last episode, but this time it is different.
‘I’m going to set an unprecedented record.’
After making up my mind, I am just waiting for the time to move on to the other world.
Jiying-
A text message came out of nowhere.
[Minjoo-ri: Min! It’s midnight in a little while, right? ㅠ..ㅠ Again… … . It will work out well this time too. Don’t worry, let’s work hard together. Alright, fighting!!! ٩( ᐛ )و See you alive!]
Ryu Min burst out laughing in response to the long text message of support.
‘You seem quite nervous. ‘When I see you texting for such a long time.’
Well, he said that the 5th round would be different from the previous ones, and since he had scared me so much, I couldn’t help but be nervous.
‘Don’t worry. From now on, I will protect you.’
From the 5th round, the districts are integrated and meet Minjoo-ri.
Since you have to stick around with Minju-ri to get the buff, there is no problem protecting her.
‘I told you to go find the black scythe, so don’t worry.’
I can’t even imagine that the black scythe is Ryumin.
‘hmm? It’s already time. Then shall we go?’
Tick - As soon as the minute hand of the wall clock reached midnight.
Slurp – Ryumin’s eyes closed.
My mind flew to another world in the blink of an eye.
* * *
The sight I saw as soon as I opened my eyes was nothing special.
A wide grassland just like in the first round.
Avatars appear there one by one.
It was a familiar situation in a familiar scene, but it wasn’t the same in other people’s eyes.
Because there were dozens of times fewer people than usual.
“Is this all?”
“No way, he hasn’t arrived yet.”
“I’m not coming. Last round, the number of survivors was roughly 500.”
“I counted it and it seems to be roughly correct….”
“I feel somewhat empty….”
There are roughly 500 survivors left.
The number was shabby compared to the first round, which had close to 10,000 people.
Of course, this is only the number of people within the area.
‘Once integrated, the emptiness I feel now will go away.’
I chuckled and looked at the message that appeared in one corner of my field of vision.
[A 50-round limited stat increase buff is being applied.]
[Automatically canceled at the end of round 5.]
With the reward I chose last time, my stats increased by 50%.
‘What if the massacre rune increases the rate by 100% and the Democratic Blessing increases the rate by 50%?’
A total increase of 4.5 times.
Stats that were 30 jumped to over 130.
‘If I’m this strong, I can set a record.’
If you come in first place in this round, you can get a title.
Additionally, if you set a record, you will receive a handful of gold as an additional reward.
That’s why I chose a stat buff instead of 5,000 gold as a special reward.
Because it was a business where there was a lot of extra gold left over from records.
The moment I felt that it was time to see the players no longer being reinforced, an angel appeared.
[Nice to meet you, humans. Congratulations on surviving until round 5. Kiheuu!]
Of course, no one laughed at the angel’s congratulations.
Because I thought angels were the cause of all these disasters.
[what? Why is everyone’s expression like that? Smile a little. The last round was really fun. They slaughtered their own people very diligently. Giggling.]
“…….”
[Okay, okay. Let’s stop teasing. This is no fun because there is no response… … .]
The angel with a straight face spoke in a businesslike tone, devoid of emotion.
[Currently, there are 442 summoned survivors. There were originally 521 people, but the number decreased by nearly 80. It looks like they fought in real life again this time, right?]
“……Has it decreased again?”
“It gets smaller every time?”
[Well, okay. In reality, it doesn’t matter whether we fight or not. But you can’t play a proper game with less than 400 people, right? So, I have prepared something.]
