Survivor (3)
“Huh? Say hello to him.”
“Is that so? Bye~”
The members of the strategy 1 team greeted No. 11 as they greeted each other.
Previously, the alter ego had given instructions in certain words, such as “I came from the Kanus Guild and came to deliver relief supplies,” so the members of the Attack Team 1 were not too surprised by what the alter ego #11 said.
“nice to meet you. Are you members of the Kanus Guild Attack Team 1?”
“uh? yes. That’s right.”
However, they were taken aback by the reaction of the alter ego, which was suddenly different from usual.
Sang-woo controlled Room 11 and explained step by step.
“My name is Jung Sang-woo, who was hired by the Kenus Guild. What I’m talking about now is my alter ego. It’s nice to meet the survivors of the first team.”
“ah! So, did you connect from outside?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“and-! at las!”
The members of the strategy 1 team embrace each other and rejoice.
The leader, Park Yuna, soon calmed down and started asking questions.
“Are you listening outside? How long has it been outside? How is your brother?”
“Wow, calm down. We are now gathering at the entrance. I’m relaying it. As for the outside time, 7 months have passed since the current strategy team 1 entered. Director Park is doing well. Rather, how many survivors are there now?”
At those words, Park Yuna’s complexion visibly darkened.
“Two out of 10 people died. There are currently eight people left.”
“… Gee… So, are all the people present now?”
“Yes….”
Yuna Park looked around the 1st team members around the bunker.
Their faces were rough from their long life in the polar regions.
In most guilds, not just the Kanus Guild, most of the members of the Attack Team 1 were all-round hunters who could play other positions, such as tankers, dealers, and supporters.
However, there was a field specialized for each individual, and in the case of the Kanus Guild Attack Team 1, it was set to the standard 10-man attack team, 2 tanks, 5 dealers, 3 healers.
It was for an efficient boss monster raid.
And the leader of the first team was Park Yuna, a dealer and supporter responsible for survival. Despite her young age, she led the first team with her excellent skills and judgment.
In particular, it was because of the judgment that it was appropriate to maintain the supply of the attack team 1, considering that about 10 people were the limit of Park Yuna’s subspace storage space.
‘But it failed.’
The Cainus Guild judged that it was possible to attack Odin’s Tower based on the information revealed about Odin’s Tower and Park’s fraudulent ability called subspace skill.
However, the moment she entered Odin’s Tower, Park Yuna realized that everything was wrong.
I believed there was an end to the endless ice field and there was a way to go up to the next floor, but I had no idea how to break through the next floor.
And everywhere, invisible cold guardians’ attack awaited.
Besides, the monsters weren’t the only ice guardians.
Ice birds and dragons flying in the sky, even ice golems and giants that seemed to be hundreds of meters in size.
They were overwhelming monsters that I couldn’t even stand against.
‘The jumper… passed through here? What a monster he is.’
In the end, shortly after coming in, I lost one tanker and one supporter to the attack of the cold guardians.
This was despite the fact that it was the 1st raid team composed of Class A to Class B hunters.
Park Yuna realized that attacking was impossible.
‘survival. Survival comes first.’
After that, he persuaded his teammates and hid in subspace.
Then, when it seemed to have calmed down, it moved in short cycles of 2 to 30 minutes and repeated hiding again.
The selection was excellent.
There have been no fatalities since.
Instead, the supplies that had been stored for three months were quickly consumed.
There was nothing to eat, so we had to rely solely on the supplies we brought when we first entered.
So was the water.
In this polar ice zone, ice is not just water.
In the end, because I had to save food, my blood dried up day by day.
Then, when I returned to the location where I first entered, with desperate hope that the entrance might be open again, I found a bunker and relief supplies left by Sang-woo’s alter ego.
At first, they thought it was hallucinations or optical illusions, but the relief items were real.
The members of the strategy team 1 finally took a breather.
Since then, I have been living with the entrance as my base.
And when survival was secured to some extent due to the alter ego, another desire arose.
It was the desire to leave immediately.
However, since there was no way, he was struggling to grow by dealing with the cold guardians while waiting for the relief goods delivered by his only companion, his alter ego.
Sang-woo decides to inform the attendants about the survivor Park Yuna.
He wanted to have a more detailed discussion with the members of the raid team, but he didn’t know when he would be attacked by the ice guardians if he stayed in one place, so he hurriedly tried to exchange information.
“Has there been any information you found out so far, Park Yu-na?”
“The information I have found so far is…”
Yuna Park talked about the monsters that inhabit the polar ice zone.
Sang-woo relayed the story to the attendants around the main body.
Then he stuck out his tongue.
“Is this all true? I don’t think this place was made to attack…”
“That’s right. I also came here to enjoy some kind of rich movie… I really want to go out. Anyway, thank you for sending relief items regularly. Please tell my brother too.”
“Yes, I have to tell you. But it’s not that there’s no way out.”
“yes? Is there a way?”
“What method?”
At Sang-woo’s words, all the members of the strategy 1 team looked at each other and asked.
He was a little taken aback.
“I was just thinking to myself. Do you have subspace skills? If I can use it, I think I can use subspace as an alter ego to put you in and then open the subspace from the outside to let you out.”
“Ah….”
The sub-space skill was used by Yuna Park, but it was not her own skill.
Some of the S-class hunters used subspace or inventory skills in addition to their main skills.
Of course, subspace skills have never been traded.
‘Even if it comes up at auction, I think it’s worth trillions of won to tens of trillions of won. It’s such a useful skill… By the way, did I mention it for nothing? I’m sorry.’
He just said it carelessly, but Sang-woo felt sorry for instilling too much expectation.
Park Yuna, who thought hard for a moment, opened her mouth.
“There is no word that space travel from inside the Tower of Odin to Earth has been successful. Previously, there were hunters who had space movement skills among the attackers, but none of them returned. But moving using sub-space… It definitely makes sense.”
“yes. If only I had money! I am learning.”
“You don’t have to pay, so would you like to learn it?”
“hmm?”
Sang-woo was taken aback.
Was the subspace skill so easy to learn?
Because I had such a question.
“Can I learn that? There are no skill spheres or skill scrolls, so in order to learn skills, you must fully understand theories such as physics and spatial concepts.”
“Most people know that. However, even if you don’t exactly understand the theory, if you know exactly how the skill works and use it, it will be registered as a skill. That’s the benefit of the system. So, if I tell you the principle, you might be able to learn it. What do you think?”
“ah!”
The moment he heard that, Sangwoo realized something.
‘Well, just because I had skills like running and shooting, I didn’t fully understand and use the principles of those skills. I just activated the skill with precise movements and mana movements. It was the same with the fire and appraisal skills I learned this time.’
Many people misunderstand that mastering a skill requires mastering and understanding theory.
But this was only half true.
It was the system that made it possible to use skills without knowing the theory.
‘Looking at it this way, the system is really fraudulent. I wonder who really made it.’
A system that is an unknown civilization that does not know whether it is technology or not.
There were also claims that it was created by God, and others that it was made and transmitted by aliens.
However, people accepted the system that appeared after the cataclysm as a daily routine at some point and used it naturally.
Because of this, it became common to use skills that did not know the principle even if the talent was lacking.
Of course, this part was not good.
This is because the dependence on the system has increased.
What if the system suddenly disappears?
Awakeners who depended heavily on their skills were weak.
‘But are you in a position to cover hot rice with cold rice? In order to become stronger, I have to use what is available.’
A cure was urgently needed, but there was no time to worry.
When Sangwoo No. 11, who was so troubled, suddenly remained silent, the members of the strategy 1 team stayed quiet without interfering.
It was then.
“They are coming!”
As long as there is a crisis detection skill, a member of the strategy 1 team shouted.
It seemed that something was detected in his sense of crisis.
If it’s just one or two, it’s okay to deal with it, but looking at the word ‘guys’, it seemed like there were quite a few.
Having made a decision, Yuna Park immediately opened the subspace.
“Everybody come in!”
Then, the members of the attack team 1 quickly hide in the subspace.
“Sang-woo, or your alter ego, please come in!”
However, No. 11 shook his head.
“it’s okay. come in I’ve got something to try out. News of the survivors will be delivered to the Kenus Guild. Goodbye then.”
Park Yuna, who looked at the alter ego #11 for a while at the greeting, soon disappeared into a subspace as well.
And those coldguards appeared.
These guys whose invisible bodies are sometimes scattered by light, and only their outlines are faintly revealed.
The guys with upper bodies without lower bodies rushed to No. 11 in an instant while floating like spirits.
Even in the midst of that, No. 11 doesn’t even move.
Sangwoo was trying something through #11.
‘Everything I do becomes a skill. Then you don’t have any skills, but you can just use them. Let’s not try to understand everything perfectly. Even if I don’t know the theory exactly, I just need to follow the working mechanism. Anyway, when the skill proficiency goes up, you will naturally understand the principle. Then I guess I can register as a skill what I don’t know how to use. That’s right, I’ll try using it.’
There was a technique that passed through Sang-woo’s head.
However, the range of the technology was wide, so it could not be used recklessly.
Because of this, Sang-woo left only the members of the strategy 1 team to avoid the sub-space.
There were bunkers around, but there was no time to dodge them.
Now, the only thing left in the cold ice land is No. 11 and the rushing cold guardians.
It was Sang-woo’s turn to experiment with what he had realized.
‘Hey No.11, you know the side effects of taking a mana activation potion, right? Recreate the movement and explosion of that mana.’
He gave orders to No. 11.
Then, the mana in No. 11’s body began to move and fluctuate.
At the same time, the feeling that the whole body was burning hot and the pressure that the whole body was about to burst as the mana was boiling was transmitted to Sang-woo, who was sharing No. 11’s sense with the Familiar skill.
‘Ugh…’
But Sang-woo endured it.
This is because he had to check until the end whether the skill was implemented according to his thoughts.
The mana crashed into each other, spun, bounced, and pulsated like crazy as if it would break the entire body.
[The level of the magic control skill has risen.]
Eventually, one or two lines of light began to leak from the body.
At that time, the chill hit and the feeling that the hair became soft was conveyed through No. 11.
‘Faster.’
At the same time, No. 11’s body began to freeze, as if the cold guardian’s attack had begun.
However, the beams of light continued to stretch and eventually became incandescent white.
At the same time, Sang-woo, who intuition that it would explode, ended the Familiar skill while enduring the pressure and heat that seemed like his whole body would explode.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaagh-!
