Episode 185
185. TOP 10
The Prophet said:
He said he must capture the person who saves his life in round 11.
If you miss him, you’ll be dead before even 15 rounds.
‘Oh, no. ‘How did I survive?’
Christine quickly appealed to herself.
“Well, you don’t know how useful I am, right? Haha, if you get hurt, we can heal you, and we can also give you a buff that protects you from status ailments and debuffs, and… … .”
“These are all things I don’t need.”
“yes?”
“I don’t need to heal because I don’t get hurt, and my resistance to status ailments is still high. “There is absolutely no reason to go with a priest.”
“… … .”
Priest is definitely an excellent supporter when it comes to survival.
Healing is completely different from first aid, and there is nothing more scary than status abnormalities and debuffs as the round progresses.
The need for a healer is so essential that even Ryu Min acknowledges it.
‘It’s only the latter part of the story.’
When you reach level 60, the priest learns the resurrection skill.
Only then will it be worth taking a healer with you as insurance.
‘But it’s useless now. ‘It’s like a burden.’
Christine doesn’t know if she acknowledges that fact, but just bows her head without saying anything.
No, when I read his thoughts, rather than being discouraged, I was desperately looking for another move.
This is because of Ryumin’s prophecy that he must be with the Black Scythe.
‘Don’t worry. Christine. There’s no reason for me to reject you.’
Unless you know how strong the boss fight will be, a priest who can resurrect one more time is absolutely necessary.
However, for now, we need to distance ourselves with a suitable excuse.
“This round is a team battle where you can earn points by killing the opposing team. You and I are competitors from completely different regions and races. Do you think we can cooperate together in such a situation? “What do you believe in me?”
“… … “You saved me.”
“If you save me twice, I’ll ask you to marry me.”
“… … .”
“Do you trust me like that? “Even if it’s your first time seeing it?”
In fact, what Christine believed was a prophecy.
Because they said that you can only survive by holding on to the rope, you were clinging to the black scythe.
But after hearing Black Scythe’s advice, he changed his mind.
‘I can trust this person.’
I only saw him briefly, but he understood my situation and difficulties and gave me advice.
He is a man who possesses not only strength but also insight.
It was a sturdy rope, so why not hang on to it?
“yes… … believe. I trust you.”
‘Whoa, I’m going crazy.’
Ryumin sighed inwardly as he saw Christine trying to cling to him somehow.
‘It’s good to have Priest on my side. It’s good… … .’
There is no need for it right now.
Ryu Min can conquer most rounds by himself.
I feel more comfortable traveling alone.
‘I never thought Christine, who was so skeptical, would believe the prophecy so thoroughly.’
Part of it was because he saved my life, but I think the main thing was that I gained his favor through advice from a first impression.
The problem is that you need at least 15 rounds to use her.
“As I have said repeatedly, we are in different regions, so cooperation is not possible. There is no way to help each other accumulate points. “If you’re going to help, it’s up to you to survive this round and think about it.”
“So, does that mean I can follow you from the next round?”
‘It’s persistent. ‘I’m persistent.’
I was sick of it on the inside, but it didn’t mean I couldn’t understand it because it was a struggle for survival.
“okay. So for now, survive this round. Instead of following me around, wouldn’t it be possible to get in the rankings by earning as many points as the dead?”
Christine shook her head at the sensible words.
“Thank you for the advice. “For saving her life.”
“Then I’m leaving.”
As if he had finished saying thank you, Ryu Min turned his back and left.
Leaving behind Christine’s regretful eyes.
* * *
‘I finally got it off.’
Ryumin sighed as if letting go of the ex-girlfriend he was obsessed with.
I opened the quest progress window to check the points and remaining time.
[Points earned by the Korean team: 733,270]
[Black Scythe’s Acquisition Points: 13,240]
[Time remaining until round end: 22:21:59]
Looking at the team points, there are 700,000 accumulated.
‘There are roughly 700 people, so I guess we must have accumulated 1,000 points per person.’
I only earned 1,000 points in nearly 2 hours.
‘If you think you can earn 1,000 points by completing just one ordinary one-hour quest… … .’
The team’s performance was lower than expected.
‘Well, there are still 22 hours left.’
As far as Ryu Min knows, the survival cutoff for round 11 is 13 million.
You can survive as long as each person earns 20,000 points in 24 hours.
Of course, Ryumin has no intention of being satisfied with survival alone.
‘It’s no problem to exceed 13 million.’
To achieve first place in both team and individual performance.
That was the goal of this round.
I was confident.
When there is one hour left in the time limit, the last-minute flipping will begin.
‘Until then, we must concentrate as much as possible to earn points.’
We must not allow saboteurs like Ma Gyeong-rok or Black Society to come to us.
To do so, Ryu Min wore the doppelganger’s ring.
[Please call the nickname you wish to change.]
[You cannot use a nickname that already exists.]
[However, the nickname of a deceased person can be used.]
Ryumin chose a nickname that people around him would not recognize.
‘Roastyak.’
[Nickname changes from ‘Black Scythe’ to ‘Lost Yak’.]
In addition to his nickname, he also wore an assassin’s mask and transformed his face.
‘I might recognize it in passing.’
Not only the nickname, but also the appearance.
It became a complete roast yak.
Now no one will be able to track you.
You will have to remember the appearance and nickname of the roast yak.
‘If you use tracking while thinking of the black scythe, it will say that it doesn’t exist.’
I’ll be treated like a dead person, but it doesn’t matter.
All you have to do is say that there is a rune that interferes with tracking.
‘Now that there’s no one to chase after me, shall we start making points in earnest?’
I have already planned in my head which quests to complete and which route to take to make them more efficient.
‘Amplification.’
Disrupted-
The body was charged with electricity, doubling the movement speed.
Paang-!
It was an instant for Ryumin to disappear in a burst of light.
* * *
“Ha, it’s hard to sleep.”
The rounds so far were 10 hours at most.
A time when there is no problem in suppressing physiological phenomena such as drowsiness or hunger.
However, surviving 11 rounds for 24 hours was difficult.
“How many hours are left?”
“4 hours.”
“and… … Are there still four hours left?”
“I’m really hungry.”
“I’m so sleepy I’m going crazy.”
Cho Yong-ho’s mercenaries were in dire straits.
I was exhausted after running around here and there trying to earn points for about 20 hours.
“Why am I lacking stamina even though I’m over level 45?”
“I know. “We are superhumans who transcend humans.”
“Do you guys know?”
Even superhumans who could break down walls and dodge bullets were no match for hunger and drowsiness.
This was a natural phenomenon as a creature with a body, but it was also true that we had forgotten about it because we were so absorbed in the player’s power.
“older brother! Can’t we just take a break? “I’m going to die like this.”
“that’s right. “For human sake, let’s just close our eyes for 30 minutes.”
In response to the whining of the mercenaries, Cho Yong-ho shouted as if they were telling them to stop talking nonsense.
“Your survival is at stake right now, but can you sleep? Your real body is already sleeping, but you want to sleep again in another world? “Then you may never wake up again.”
“But people need to sleep, right?”
“Just last 4 hours. There’s not much left. “We have to do our best until the end for both us and the team to survive.”
“Isn’t this enough effort?”
“Didn’t each of you earn an average of 20,000 points?”
Cho Yong-ho’s group earned 20,000 points per person in 20 hours thanks to non-stop quests.
This was certainly a high number, but we could not feel at ease yet.
“There are no indicators to compare against. “I don’t know if we earned a lot or a little.”
“I think it would be first place. “We really did our best.”
“that’s right. “Isn’t it strange if you earn money non-stop but don’t come in first place?”
“You don’t know that. So we have no choice but to keep moving.”
His colleagues sighed at those words, but Cho Yong-ho was honestly confident that he would be in the middle rank at this level.
Because I tried.
Because 30 mercenaries, including myself, earned points without stopping.
“It would be nice to know at least the intermediate grades… … .”
It was then.
When the time limit of exactly 4 hours was reached, a message appeared.
[There are currently 4 hours left until the round ends.]
[At this point, we will reveal the ranking and TOP 10 of the area.]
<Point calculation results by region>
1st. C3-ECHNA003 China (28,031,020 points)
2nd place. C3-EBRA004 Brazil (27,712,410 points)
3rd place. C3-EMXA003 Mexico (27,444,030 points)
4th place. C3-EINDA001 India (26,991,150 points)
5th place. C3-ECHNA005 China (26,896,020 points)
… … … … … …
… … … …
10th place. C3-EJPNA002 Japan (25,558,180 points)
It was absurd that there were two Chinese teams in the top 10, but there was something even more embarrassing.
[Your team (C3-ESKA001 Korea) points are 11,219,170, ranking 92nd out of 190 districts.]
“what?”
“We’re only ranked 92nd?”
To survive, you must be in the top 95.
If I made a mistake, my ranking would be pushed down and I would not even be able to make the cutoff line.
“Does this make sense? “We worked so hard?”
Perhaps because someone was playing around, the team points were lower than expected.
“Why are our neighboring countries, China and Japan, ranked so high?”
“I guess the number of people will be similar, 700 people per team?”
“f*ck you, you’re probably just killing other teams. Because that earns you more points.”
“I see. Just look at China, which ranks first. “Having already collected 28 million points means that each person earned 40,000 points. Doesn’t that make sense?”
“It’s definitely a quest and it’s highly likely that he killed everyone he passed by.”
You earn more by killing a few people than by completing quests.
The mercenaries were frustrated because their efforts so far seemed to have been in vain.
“Guys. Still, how can you survive? Let’s try a little harder. “If you do it wrong, you could be pushed out of the cutoff line.”
Cho Yong-ho comforted the excited teams and said that they had no choice but to work hard.
‘If you don’t earn points, not only your colleagues here but also Black Scythe will die.’
Jo Yong-ho and the mercenaries moved their bodies, saying that they had no choice but to earn a little more points.
There was no time to waste to make a last-minute spurt during the remaining time.
* * *
“That’s ambiguous.”
Ryu Min muttered as if he was dissatisfied after seeing the ranking of the Korean team that had emerged a little while ago.
“At best I can do pull-ups. “I wonder what would have happened if I wasn’t there.”
Still, it is a Korean team with top ranked players, so even if the points are low, they are too low.
‘It wasn’t this low at first. ‘I went halfway.’
However, when Ryu Min prevented the murders of Ma Gyeong-rok and Joo Seong-tak, the team’s points were reduced to a sheer amount.
‘I know, but I can’t help but feel bitter. The fact is that if you don’t kill, your ranking will drop.’
If you do quests legitimately, you will only earn a small amount of money.
That’s why angels would have wanted to see humans murdering each other and cutting off their own flesh.
However, you can’t necessarily earn points just by killing.
Because there was a last minute flip left.
‘With just one flip, it immediately rises to first place. ‘Individual performance and team performance.’
Ryumin was no different from being so confident.
The last-minute reversal, which could be said to be the last chance for the bottom ranked players, was a ‘gamble’.
‘And the only way to win that gamble is through clairvoyance.’
When there is one hour left in the time limit, a message will appear.
Until then, he will do quests and save up bullets.
With that in mind, a message appeared in front of Ryu Min, who was silently collecting points.
The time has come.
[There is currently 1 hour left until the round ends.]
[The ‘Gambling Hall’ will be opened as a special event.]
[In a gambling hall, your points can be multiplied up to 200 times.]
[Please note that the location of the gambling hall is private.]
