Episode 611
611. Easy mode. After the third return (5)
the wolf pounces. The movement is very fast. Heejae Kim’s speed and power are difficult to handle alone.
But Taesan did not move.
I look at the wolf as if observing.
And when the wolf got close, Mount Tai moved.
I took a small step back, half a step.
The wolf’s claws grazed Taesan’s hair.
[Cow!]
The wolf howls. This time, he tries to bite off Taesan’s neck with his teeth. Just like before, Taesan waited until the last minute and lightly twisted his neck.
The teeth split the air.
The wolf attacks like crazy. Each and every one of them is a powerful attack that can only be blocked by a group of people in Easy Mode.
Taesan avoids all those attacks with only the slightest movement, as if he were walking.
“What is this?”
Kim Hee-jae, who was watching, was astonished. no. Even the word astonishment was insufficient.
Avoidance reached its limit.
The wolf and Taesan looked like a perfectly coordinated dance.
The avoidance continues and continues. Kim Hee-jae no longer saw Taesan as human. It was much more different than Lee Taeyeon in Alone mode than any other hard mode he had seen so far.
“what. This feeling.”
Taesan, who was dodging moderately, plunged his sword into the wolf’s head. The wolf screamed and fell down.
Kim Hee-jae stuttered and asked.
“…What on earth are you doing?”
“Acquire skills.”
“Acquiring skills?”
It was a completely unexpected answer.
Taesan explained slowly.
And after hearing the explanation, Kim Hee-jae’s face became even more incomprehensible.
“I don’t understand.”
“Please explain again?”
“no. “I understand, but I don’t understand.”
Kim Hee-jae stammered.
“…So, skills are obtained depending on how you conquer the labyrinth.”
Taesan nodded.
Kim Hee-jae became even more confused.
“So… you’re trying to obtain that skill artificially?”
“I understand.”
“no. “I don’t understand anymore.”
“why? “It’s simple, right?”
“It doesn’t seem simple at all.”
Kim Hee-jae managed to calm the confusion.
“…There is a possibility.”
I slowly analyze Taesan’s words. And I realized that that statement makes a lot of sense.
Labyrinth skill.
They didn’t know the details of how to obtain it, but they knew that it would be obtained in the process of going down the labyrinth.
So what if I could obtain those skills by artificially targeting the skills I want?
It will be very powerful.
But that and what Taesan was doing now were two different things.
“So, you can avoid a wolf attack by a piece of paper? For how many hours?”
“It’s still only an hour. “I guess I have to work harder to gain skills.”
“What is this again?”
Kim Hee-jae looked at Taesan with bewildered eyes.
“Do you have any skills to gain from that?”
“I don’t know.”
Taesan shook his head.
His intuition told him it was possible, but it was only an intuition. I don’t know if it’s actually possible.
“But there’s a good chance. “I actually gained a skill this way.”
“what? What skill?”
“Apnea.”
Taesan explained the skill. Kim Hee-jae’s eyes lit up.
“That’s… a pretty good skill?”
You can hold your breath for a long time. It was a simple but effective skill. Basically, when fighting, you tend to get tired quickly due to breathing problems rather than physical fatigue.
“How do you get it?”
“Put yourself in the water and don’t get up until you’re about to die.”
“…Until right before I die?”
“okay. Until right before I really die. “How should I say it?”
Taesan thought for a moment and spoke lightly.
“This must have happened. “Just don’t get up until I announce that you have acquired the skill.”
“….”
Heejae Kim didn’t think he was that smart. But just by listening to Taesan’s explanation, I could guess that it would be very difficult.
“How long did you last?”
“I don’t know. “It must have been six minutes or something.”
How many minutes did Kim Hee-jae usually endure?
I remember the longest time was 2 minutes.
In the truest sense, this is a skill that can be obtained by holding your breath until just before death.
Kim Hee-jae shook his head.
“OK got it.”
“It’s okay, so give it a try. The acquisition conditions are not that strict.”
“okay. okay.”
Kim Hee-jae skipped over Taesan’s words. As Taesan said, the attempt itself was not that difficult, so I thought I would give it a try. I don’t know if I’ll get it though.
“You don’t know what you can gain by what you do now, do you?”
“I don’t know. “Will it be a waste of effort or will it be worth it?”
Taesan has been here for several months for such unknown possibilities. Kim Hee-jae asked with a tired face.
“…Do we have to go that far?”
It was like a kind of penance. I can’t believe you keep evading just one piece of paper. I had no idea how much mental power it would take.
Taesan said.
“Because we are in easy mode.”
“…Easy mode.”
“There is a limit to becoming strong. Even if you clear the labyrinth, it won’t be much different from now. “To become strong, you need the strength to cross the line.”
Easy mode is the power to go beyond the boundaries.
“Then I guess I’ll have to do something that crosses the line.”
Calm words. There is no fatigue or pride. I just felt like I was doing something for granted.
Kim Hee-jae, who was looking at Taesan blankly, muttered.
“You’re amazing too.”
“It’s not that great. “I just do it to survive.”
“That’s the great thing.”
Kim Hee-jae shook his head. When people witness endless despair, they give up and accept it. The spirit cannot hold on and collapses.
But it wasn’t Taesan. Even in despair, he was finding a way to become stronger and overcome.
Taishan is amazing. He would have stood out even in hard alone mode rather than easy mode.
“If it’s you… it’s definitely possible.”
Kim Hee-jae spoke silently. He extended his fist.
“Take revenge later when we all die. To the bastards who created this damn place and invaded Earth.”
“I’ll try.”
Taesan bumped his fists together.
Easy mode players, including Kim Hee-jae, went down.
Taishan moved to another channel and continued to deal with the wolf.
One month turns into two months.
The number of Easy Mode players passing by increases one by one. He who was ahead of everyone else was now starting to fall behind, but Taesan didn’t care.
“Whoa.”
I catch my breath, straighten my muscles, and open the door. Evades from the charging wolf.
And the moment the first evasion was successful, Taesan realized.
I feel good today.
As extreme avoidance was required, the condition of the day was also very important. And Taesan realized that today was in the best condition of the past four months.
I guess it’s possible.
I continue to avoid it with a strange premonition. Even more dangerously, the wind generated by the claws hits the pupils of the eyes.
The avoidance continues. It continues even more closely than before. After about two hours, the wolf gets tired. Taesan closes his eyes and quietly waits for the wolf to recover.
A wolf sneaks towards Taesan, who has his eyes closed, and tries to bite his neck like a leopard.
Taesan turned around with his eyes closed. The teeth clicked together.
[Crunch.]
The wolf was embarrassed.
No matter what I do, I can’t reach it.
It felt like dealing with a balloon. The monster designed to kill adventurers begins to become convinced that it cannot kill the adventurer in front of it.
But still, the wolf does not give up. Following the mission given to him, he rushes towards Taesan.
Taesan welcomed it gladly.
Claws cut through the air and teeth clash against each other. Taesan did not move away from the wolf even for a second.
Just like that, three hours passed into four.
The wolf gets tired and falls asleep. Taesan waits silently next to him.
When the wolf woke up and saw Taesan watching silently from the side, he was frightened and distanced himself.
Taesan moved on his own and got closer to the wolf.
[Keheng!]
The wolf’s howl has now become closer to a scream.
Avoid, avoid, avoid.
And a full day passes.
[Keheng…]
The wolf swings its claws as if tired. The speed was so slow and weak that even a child could avoid it. Taesan lightly moved his feet.
And that moment.
A loud system window appears.
[You have been dodging your opponent’s attacks perfectly for over a day at very close range. Obtained the special activation skill [Unreachable Distance].]
That is the only truth that tells you that your choice was correct, that Taesan’s actions were the correct answer.
A smile appeared on Taesan’s face.
