Return of the Frozen Player 601
screening test (6)
Seo Jun-ho, who had fixed his gaze outside the window for a long time, closed his eyes.
A deep sense of disappointment sets in.
No, maybe this was a feeling close to betrayal.
“Even if everything else is like this, the Empire… … Isn’t it supposed to be like this for the empire?”
Looking at the peaceful daily life here, I had a dream for a while.
If all ten floors are cleared, the people of Earth will be able to smile like that.
I would definitely make it with my own hands.
“But why… …
Is this the empire that should shine the brightest, a strong support and a utopia?
Seo Jun-ho, who slowly turned around, cast a resentful gaze.
“Um, it’s too good, but it’s a mask. I didn’t show it because I was afraid it would happen.”
“So you gave me a false illusion?”
“yes.”
Gray shook his head shamelessly.
“But trust me. Absolutely no bad intentions. I just hoped the player wouldn’t collapse.”
“We couldn’t stand the empire overflowing with transcendents and became like this. What on earth do you expect from us?”
Gray, who pursed his lips several times, muttered in a bitter voice.
“Iknow, right..
He slumped down in his chair and offered a seat again.
“Sit down first. There are many things you want to know.”
“Are you going to have to explain it straight?
Seo Jun-ho, who was seated, asked.
“How did that happen?”
“… … For an explanation, we have to go back in time.”
Gray started talking in a calm voice.
“Once, long ago, far beyond human conception, the Aeon Empire was overwhelmingly strong. There were more than 20,000 transcendentalists stationed there, and Rompel, the absolute ruler who only existed in the universe at the time, was sitting in the seat of the emperor.”
The universe, brighter than ever
It was a time when even the modifier of the first country felt insufficient.
“But the emperor has lived too long. Even by the standard of a transcendent.”
Tired work and desert-like emotions.
Moreover, his body and mind were old and sick from the fight against the mighty enemy, so he made a decision.
“He thought he might go mad and destroy everything.”
Rompel was the one who took the lead in promoting peace in the universe more than anyone else.
He was most afraid of ruining what he and his servants had achieved with his own hands.
“So you made a decision.”
Just in case you ever go crazy.
It was to remove all the ‘evil’ within me from my body and soul.
“no way… …
“yes.”
G.Ray nodded.
“The evil abandoned by the cosmic giant incineration sun survived without dying.
It is.”
Even in that pain, he became more vicious and even developed an ego.
“That’s what we call the Archduke right now.”
An existence that goes against the providence of the universe, born from gathering all the evils of the Absolute.
“The problem is that no one noticed it existed.”
The Grand Duke lived his life holding his breath until he developed his own strength.
It grew quietly and very secretly under the water that no one knew about.
“When he revealed himself to the world, nothing could stop him.”
“… … What about the emperor?”
“He was horrified by the ugly image he created and immediately tried to kill the Grand Duke.”
Seo Jun-ho closed his eyes.
Looking at the current situation, it wasn’t difficult to predict who the winner would be.
“The weakened Absolute couldn’t stand the younger and younger Grand Duke.”
“Then how… … Does the empire still exist?”
“It is the result of the mediation of Chaos, the ruler of the universe.”
He is the one who balances the unbalanced universe.
He did not eliminate the evil that was born against the providence, but he did not wish for the destruction of the universe as a result.
“So, Chaos put the Archduke in a prison called Layers.”
Blinking his eyes, Seo Jun-ho asked again.
” floor?”
“yes.”
“Are you referring to the layer that humanity is targeting right now?”
“yes.”
I managed to hold back the harsh swearing that was about to come out.
Seo Jun-ho said while rubbing his throbbing temples.
“Then why did that Chaos man entrust the burden of being the Grand Duke to us?”
“in fact… …
As Gray hesitated, Seo Jun-ho declared.
“It’s okay, please tell me. I’m really curious.”
“If you say that, I understand. In fact, I don’t even know that far.”
As Seo Jun-ho looked at him with cloudy eyes, Gray’s words, embarrassed, sped up.
“Sah, common sense doesn’t make sense
did you? The monster that killed tens of thousands of transcendental beings, who were said to be the innermost beings of the universe, could not be stopped by mankind without any ability.
“in other words. Are you saying we’re just buying time?”
No matter how much I thought about it, it couldn’t be interpreted that way.
The ‘floor’ was chosen as a prison to temporarily confine the monster called the Grand Duke.
They said that they were just prisoners who were unlucky enough to be locked in a prison together with that monster.
“I have no face.”
“You shouldn’t have.”
After replying coldly, Seo Jun-ho looked blankly at the ceiling and asked.
“… … So what should we do now?”
The only thing I can say is that I’m at the level of sexual destruction.
And most of them have not reached the level of catastrophe, let alone liberation.
That they join hands to stop the grand duke who ate even the absolute?
‘can not. I really can’t.’
It’s not a matter of will or determination, it’s just a physically impossible task.
was
Gray carefully rhymed.
“In my personal opinion, Chaos never does meaningless things. so… …
“If you level up hard and get stronger, you might be able to catch the big ball, so shut up and try?”
Perhaps he didn’t have the courage to say that, but the reply didn’t come back.
Seo Jun-ho muttered as he closed his eyes tightly.
“How long were you going to fool us?”
“Believe me. Other people may not know, but I was going to reveal it to Junho today.”
“To be honest, I don’t believe that.”
Gray, who became impatient with the negative tone, quickly opened his mouth.
“Didn’t I tell you earlier, I have a favor for you.”
“It was. Even though I don’t want to listen to anything you ask me now.”
“The 8th floor!”
cried Gray.
“Today, I was going to ask Mr. Junho to enter the 8th floor.”
“I mean that… … I hate it.”
Even if the 8th floor was opened in the first place, it was planned to go in after making preparations.
“I can assure you that it will not be difficult to attack the 8th floor. If it is short, it will be attacked in a few hours.”
“……yes?”
The 6th floor has the shortest attack time among all previous floors.
Even that took close to a month.
‘But how many hours?’
Seo Jun-ho’s eyes grew cold.
“It wouldn’t be a good idea to just spit out random words in a hurry.”
“Absolutely not.”
“Then how can you say how many hours?”
“that..
Gray was speechless.
“I cannot tell you now. that
I have no choice but to trust us and ask them to come in.”
“Huh, to be honest, I don’t think even the managers can trust us easily now that this is the situation.”
Didn’t they already try to deceive themselves by showing them an ‘ideal world (EX)’?
Again, there was no law against doing something similar.
“As I said earlier, I still don’t know why Chaos entrusted humans with such a heavy burden.”
“You are filthy honest.”
“Yes, but I think I know this one thing.”
Gray’s eyes narrowed slightly.
His eyes are more serious than ever before.
“If Chaos has arranged something. That would be player Seo Jun-ho, you.”
“… … Why do you think so?”
“When you enter the 8th floor, you will know it naturally. Why is Junho-nim so special? Why do we pay so much attention to Junho and expect it arbitrarily?”
Intuition is telling.
The man in front of me was telling only the truth.
‘But he’s a transcendent.’
Among them, he is a phantom magician.
If I put my mind to it, it’s possible to fool my senses.
“I must take an oath.”
I may be able to fool the other senses, but the sense of swearing my existence is certain.
Gray nodded slowly.
“I understand. I wouldn’t have believed it either.”
He raised his magic power without saying anything.
“I am the assassin leader of the empire and a dagger in the darkness that aims at the throat of all the evil ones. I swear on my own existence that I have not spoken a lie.”
It is certainly.
This trembling and sensation, as if the surrounding magical energy resonates.
It was the same as when he first received an oath from Frost.
“… … You really didn’t lie.”
“There may be things I don’t tell you at all, but I won’t lie. As someone who handles information, I don’t like such pranks very much.”
Seo Jun-ho looked at him with strange eyes.
“Then is the statement about the eighth floor true?”
“Yes, it is true.”
“You can really attack in a few hours?”
“yes. In fact, the 8th floor… … It will be so easy that the word attack is colorless.”
Seo Jun-ho’s eyes shone once.
Because he didn’t miss the feelings he had as he spit out the word ‘8th floor’.
‘Suffering and compassion.’
What was on the 8th floor that made it impossible for even transcendentalists to control their emotions?
Seo Jun-ho opened his mouth.
“All right. Then I will accept that request.”
Instead of attacking the 8th floor, I used an expression of accepting the request.
Recognizing the meaning of the words, Gray briefly bowed his head.
“thank you. We will prepare compensation for unscheduled raids.”
“yes. Then, in the meantime, the others… … ?”
“Now everyone is playing well. Would you like to see it?”
After he finished speaking, Gray raised his mana and created something like a mirror.
There, he could see his friends scattered throughout the empire, watching ‘illusions’.
-The winner of this year’s cooking competition is! From Earth 〜 Tenmei 〜 Mio!
– If you drink this medicine, you can distinguish all the roethers in the world. It’s okay to give it away for free.
-The cake here is a cake with the rarest spirit stone in the universe!
Let’s stop finding out.
Still, seeing everyone having fun, I was strangely relieved.
“Should I enter the 8th floor alone?”
“Yes, only Junho-nim can be active there anyway. However, the Frost Queen must enter together.”
“Is there any particular reason?”
“That too… …
“You will know when you go in, and that sound
That’s right.”
Seo Jun-ho let out a light sigh and stood up from his seat looking at Gray who was apologetic.
“Then prepare it. Let’s go right in.”
“Thank you for your understanding. I will guide you to the elevator.”
The imperial palace that followed him was different from when he entered.
It didn’t look very well maintained with the dust scattered here and there.
Gray blushed slightly.
“If there is a manpower to clean, it seems to be a situation where they are put into other urgent tasks first… …
“The managers are busy too.”
“The floor was designed and built by Chaos, but maintenance and repairs were left to the officials of the Empire. ”
It was their main task to manage even minor bugs.
“I think so.”
A neat, monotonous door.
The Imperial dimensional elevator was not very different from the one on Earth.
“Summon the station spirit, summon.”
“It’s so delicious, King. It’s delicious. The most delicious thing in the real world… … ah?”
Frost appeared in front of me and I blinked my eyes.
She stared blankly at my palm.
There was no fork he was holding, and no delicious cake in front of him.
“Are you a contractor? I don’t know what’s going on, but she’s on an important job, so send her back immediately.”
“Since when has eating cake been an urgent task?”
Frost puffed up both cheeks and shot eyes full of resentment.
Seo Jun-ho lightly ignored this and said to Ray.
“Then I will go.”
“Yes, I hope you have a good trip.”
Probably to the transcendent among the players
The only person who received a 90-degree folder greeting would be himself.
Upon entering the elevator, Seo Jun-ho looked at the illuminated buttons.
[With Administrator Gray’s authority, the entry restriction on the 8th floor is lifted only for ‘Player Seo Jun-ho’.]
Along with slowly moving your finger to press the eighth button.
As always, familiar messages cluttered my eyes.
[The eighth floor, the door opens.]
[The effect of the title Opener of Spring is activated. All stats increase by 30.]
“No! She was eating her original cake very well, but she suddenly said, what kind of attack was she on the 8th floor?”
“I don’t know either. They say it will only take a few hours, so be patient.”
“But that cake cannot be seen even on Earth… …
The moment the frost was about to complain once again.
The elevator door opened slowly, and a chill penetrated my bones.
Suddenly shutting her mouth, Frost, whose expression hardened, looked out the door with wavering eyes.
[The 8th floor, ‘Nippleheim’ has been opened.]
[Cannot be frozen due to Cold Resistance (B).]
What was spread out outside the elevator door.
It was a frozen world.
