Episode 22
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‘I’m playing with it.’
It’s like a full cat patting a mouse and driving it into a corner.
The dead end wall behind me was getting closer and closer.
Baek Do-hyeon wiped the corner of his mouth where blood was flowing. The taste of iron was bitter.
The tomb keeper of Seoksan.
Originally, it was a psychic fantasy monster that appeared only in the scenario “The Abandoned Prince” on the latter half of the 20th floor of the tower.
A bloody fog that drags us into the most desperate and fearful moments of humanity…
If you are trapped there and cannot wake up, your spirit will be dragged to the border hill and become the fertilizer of the Pianhua, which is the source of the fog.
Even waking up wasn’t easy.
The gravedigger’s two pet chimera monsters boasted the extreme evil of being able to change their physical structure at will.
Although he is holding on with his regressor experience, his covenant is currently sealed.
The reason why a game that was already decided long ago is still going on is purely due to the opponent’s annoying personality.
“- – -! – -. – – -.”
[Error code. Invalid access]
《This is not the appropriate scenario area. The other party’s language cannot be interpreted.》
There is no need to interpret it.
The gravedigger snickered and pointed at them.
“That, that ugly, buffet-like, ugly, ugly bastard is laughing at us now!”
“Even so, what can we do?”
Baek Do-hyun shook his head to shake off the sweat and took a deep breath.
“……Mr. Jo, what’s your reaction yet?”
“Oh, no. What should I do?”
“I told you, you must never touch it. If you touch someone who has been mentally attacked, they may never wake up. Just keep calling out their name from the leaf.”
“That’s what I’m doing. But if I keep doing this, if I don’t wake up…
Na Jo-yeon swallows her words while sobbing.
Baek Do-hyun answered without difficulty. It was simple.
“Then we die here.”
Unfortunately, they have no other choice.
The only time you don’t actually die in the Tower of Babel is during the tutorial scenario.
One grave keeper is a monster on the 20th floor. It is not a tutorial monster.
The error code that kept popping up was confirming this unanswerable reality.
If I die here, it’s really over.
‘Just where on earth did they take it?’
Baek Do-hyeon glanced behind him anxiously.
The density of the fog used by the grave keeper is proportional to the opponent’s strength.
Unlike the two men, who were relatively shallow, the fog covering Geo was eerily thick.
Kwaaaaang- Paagak!
“Mr. Dohyun!”
A seasoned chimera is good at sensing a distracted enemy.
Cool. Baek Do-hyeon, who was pinned against the wall, vomited a lot of blood.
Najo Yeon ran in shock and hurriedly used the skill, but all that came out was a message indicating that the cooldown time was still far away.
Baek Do-hyeon’s head bows deeply.
asleep?
Are you really going to die like this?
A feeling of despair is creeping in.
Na Jo-yeon was so shocked that she grabbed Baek Do-hyeon.
“No, I can’t do it!
‘It ends here? So vainly? Really?’
The sinister shadows of monsters approaching.
At that time, while trying hard to deny the reality, a feeling of resignation creeps into my heart.
Kkieeeeeek-!
Chararararak.
‘Deja vu.’
Yeah, that was deja vu.
“……ha ha ha……”
Na Jo-yeon suddenly turned around.
Baek Do-hyeon’s shoulders, which were thought to be dead, were shaking.
It’s faint, almost a groan, but it’s definitely laughter.
She also knows because she has experienced it, the feeling of being faced with salvation on the verge of despair…
And that was the last moment Na Jo-yeon could remember.
“Our Dobby is taking a short nap.”
library,
Load past work.
Bookmark – Number 4. Rural Experience
『Library Search
〉Keyword ‘Grim Reaper’
〉 Range: “West” Filter: “Weapon” “Death”
Would you like to proceed with the implementation?
“Because it’s harvest time to implement justice.”
Baek Do-hyeon raised his head with difficulty. He blinked his blood-stained, blurry vision.
A weapon that has become a symbol representing the ‘Magician King’ along with the black dragon.
I saw his back swinging a scythe much larger than his body without mercy.
It tears apart living things, and then tears apart space.
A literal death, harvested like a farmer’s harvest.
‘Joe’, swinging his black short hair, stomped on the monster’s head with his chin and foot.
A peaceful expression.
A lazy voice.
“Who gave you permission to catch rats here?”
Ironically.
So more trustworthy.
“I’m the crazy cat, or rather the king, of this area!”
Baek Do-hyun laughed because he was so dumbfounded.
It’s really funny, but you can’t deny it.
‘Damn… This is cool…’
[Ground F ━ The Beginning of the Tutorial: Human Disqualification]
[The scenario ends.]
Big bird, big bird.
I’ve heard the bell ring countless times, but this is the first time I’ve heard it this close.
[The second stage of growth of the title trait has been completed.]
[Quest completion rewards are being settled.]
Also, the sound of this bell ringing now will not be limited to this place.
Geo smiled brightly as he watched the numbers rising busily.
Achieved 20% proficiency. This means,
Babel Network
[Rankings are subject to change.]
《Babel Network, World Notification》
[Currently, Kyeonjio’s domestic ranking is 1st.]
《Ranking Update – Planetary Representative Change》
[Overall ranking. 1st place.]
《1st place – Joe • Private (▲3)》
The scenario field gradually lost its status.
There is no one left around.
All tutorial participants have been moved to the final gateway for selection of the constellation, ‘Cheonmun’.
Kyeonji-oh left the tower leisurely.
A waning March evening. Stars were appearing one by one in the night sky.
“Geo, this way.”
“……Huh? You didn’t go to the gate?”
“I closed it and came. Since I brought it here, I should bring it to you.”
The tiger, who had put out his cigarette, nodded.
The off-road jeep, which came straight from the gate, still had blue eyes.
Perhaps due to battle fatigue, his voice was more languid than usual.
“You were so jealous, but you were having a great time.”
“I climbed the mountain because it was there.”
“Aren’t you surprised that you went from being first in your class to being first in the entire school?”
“……Oh, no?”
The tiger opened the car door and smirked.
“Anyway, congratulations on reclaiming the throne.”
At those words, Geo stands for a moment and looks up at the sky.
The starlight is unusually faint today. Maybe that’s why.
In this age where the great saints look down on us, even if one insignificant person dies and dares to become a great star…
I thought it might be okay to believe it for just one day.
Kyeonji-oh muttered quietly.
With a slightly pleasant, and at first glance, even refreshing, look on his face.
“It’s the perfect weather to eat number one.”
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