< Barrier Area (2) >
“I see… Master… are you okay…?”
– Me too… same… I
see… “First of all… back… step back…”
Hwa-ak-
When I pulled my body back from entering the barrier area, I felt that I was freed from something that was suppressing my body. heard.
“Whoah- what the hell is this?”
“It is the power of the barrier. Entering this area will automatically incapacitate you. So nobody goes this way.”
Sonmi spoke.
Of course, she was saying ‘nice’ inwardly.
‘it’s okay. Now that you’ve tasted the barrier area, you should step back, right? Pretend to go back and turn to the destination.’
She thought things were going according to plan.
It was an illusion.
“Hmm, then I’ll only send my alter egos from here. Let’s wait a minute.”
“yes? Aren’t you going back?”
“Ah, you can explore with your alter ego. Master, please protect me.”
-I get it.
After he finished speaking, Sang-woo took his seat.
He alerted the surroundings to other alter egos and accessed the alter ego No. 2 through the Familiar skill.
The alter ego intended to send only one.
‘Let’s go to the barrier area.’
Number 2 started moving.
Entering the barrier area, the same sense of exhaustion as before seized the alter ego.
‘Wow… I really hate doing everything.’
Fortunately, I didn’t get sick, so when I got the symbol of gluttony, it felt a bit easier than when I was passing through the contaminated area.
All I had to do was give the order to advance and just stare at it.
‘Hey No.2, let’s quickly move to the Wind Walk.’
The alter ego, which also must carry out orders, started moving quickly, ignoring the debuffs provided by the barrier area.
On the way, I saw monsters all over the barrier area, but most of them were sleeping or lying on the floor.
And here and there, there were dried corpses and bones of monsters.
‘Did he starve to death after being unable to move due to helplessness…’
Feeling helpless Feeling of helplessness Loss of motivation Annoyance.
The barrier area could be organized with these keywords.
In other words, it was related to ‘laziness’.
‘If this is where the Seven Deadly Sins are for sure… there must be a symbol of indolence.’
Sang-woo judged that perhaps the energy emanating from the symbol of indolence was making the surroundings helpless.
‘Let’s go in the direction where the energy of this barrier becomes stronger, No. 2.’
He guided No. 2 to a place where the sense of helplessness was strengthened, just as he found the symbol of gluttony.
Number 2 flew like the wind.
The sense of helplessness in the barrier area couldn’t do anything about the alter ego.
Tak tak taat –
Is it because the movement of the alter ego is much faster than last time due to the wind work? Or is it because the barrier here is weaker than when it was the symbol of gluttony?
No. 2 was able to reach the source of the barrier in no time.
it was a monster
‘What is this? A sloth?’
The appearance of a sloth that I had seen on TV a few times was certain.
However, the size was considerable, and it seemed to be about 5-6m.
The leather was also a smooth, hard-looking material, not hair.
The boy was lying on the floor, not moving.
‘Is this a symbol of indolence? Or it could be an animal with a symbol of indolence.’
Sang-woo’s judgment was correct.
The monster that looked like a sloth was an armored sloth that often appeared in this area, and it had a symbol of sloth.
Sang-woo made No. 2 look around the armored sloth for a while.
‘Well, energy is felt most strongly from sloths. If that’s the case…’
After thinking about it, Sang-woo ordered No. 2 to use his biggest skill, the blast wave.
Then, a gust of wind was shot from No. 2’s sword along with green energy.
Shoot aaaa-
Kwa-gwa-gwang-!
At the same time, the gusts of wind that hit the sloth’s body bounced off.
The bouncing gust of wind was even bigger than before, but it hit No. 2’s body directly.
‘Oops!’
It happened so quickly that No. 2 could not do anything and was blown away by a gust of wind.
Sang-woo woke up feeling the pain of being torn apart.
“Heuk!”
“Are you okay?”
– What’s the matter, disciple?
Sang-woo, who couldn’t come to his senses for a moment, was able to regain his composure.
‘What was that?’
Sang-woo was dumbfounded.
I just cut down the sloth, but I didn’t know that the clone would be reverse summoned.
He explained everything to the master and the guide.
Upon hearing the appearance of the monster, Sonmi said as if she knew something.
“Oh, that looks like an armored sloth?”
“Are you an armored sloth?”
“yes. It has a weak attack power, but it is difficult to deal with because it has a very hard outer shell.”
And when he heard that he had been attacked by a sloth, Raven stroked his chin.
-Well, I attacked the sloth, but I was rather beaten. The damage reflection system is suspicious.
“Damage reflection? Is that theoretically possible?”
Considering the laws of physics, it was nonsense.
– We do not know, but there are infinite things that can be done with mana. It’s not like there’s no damage reflection. I’ve met similar monsters before.
“How did you deal with it?”
-I just cut it with a stronger force.
“…….”
Sang-woo sighed.
‘That doesn’t help.’
Still, I couldn’t give up in a situation where the symbol of indolence was almost certain. ‘The symbol of indolence seems to be able to apply something like a wide area debuff… It must be a good ability, but I can’t give it up.’
Sang-woo decided to go inside the barrier again.
This time it was the 3rd clone.
It’s ’11 12 13. Let’s go the same way No. 2 went earlier.’
As soon as the order was given, the clones rushed forward.
Arriving was in an instant because I was following the route I had taken.
Sang-woo didn’t like feeling helpless, so he turned off his familiar skill.
-Im here.
Then, after receiving a messenger skill report that the alter ego had arrived, Sang-woo immediately used the Familiar skill on No. 12.
The feeling of exhaustion came back.
Soon the armored sloth appeared.
‘No. 13, try using a gust of wind from a distance. And when the blast comes out, I avoid it on my own.’
At his command, No. 13 moved away and used a gust of wind.
Shootaaaa –
A whirlwind with an aura hit the armored sloth.
And, as expected, it bounced off.
The direction was towards the 13th.
Number 13 was preparing for it as Sang-woo ordered, so this time it was easily dodged.
‘It’s a real damage reflection system.’
As Raven said, it seemed to reflect damage.
‘Shouldn’t it be fine if I slowly stab it with an aura blade?’
Sang-woo had No. 13 stab the armored sloth with an aura blade.
Kaga-gaga-
gang- There were no scratches on the armored sloth’s body.
Rather, it was dangerous because fragments of the Aura Blade were about to bounce back into No. 13’s body.
‘No, how do I cut this?’
Sang-woo sent an SOS to Raven.
“Teacher, how do I kill the Aura Blade when it doesn’t work?”
-Aura Blade doesn’t work…
Raven pondered for a while before opening his mouth.
– Disciple, where is the monster?
“Will you go by yourself…?”
-There is a skill that can cut down somehow, but this one has a short range. have to go directly
“Well then, I’ll direct you to Room 4.”
Raven followed No. 4 and entered the barrier area.
‘It’s an unpleasant sensation.’
A tremendous sense of exhaustion gripped Raven.
Raven raised an aura shield around her body.
It was a kind of self-defense.
After using the aura to prevent the surrounding energy from approaching, it got better soon.
– The consumption of energy is extreme. Disciple, hurry up.
“yes.”
As soon as the words came out, No. 4, who was in charge of the guide, began to move quickly. Raven immediately followed suit.
Then the armored sloth appeared.
‘That’s it.’
Raven’s eyes lit up.
Landing on the floor, he prepared an attack without delay.
It was because mana consumption was extreme while maintaining the aura shield.
-I’ll cut it right away.
“Your master.”
Holding the sheath in his left hand and the hilt of his sword in his right hand, he began to gather energy.
The technology I was going to use now had to be fully focused on even that. The
sword
that was heard at the gap was resonant and screamed.
And
[Space Slash]
Raven’s sword sliced through the armored sloth’s body.
Saaaaaaah-
At the same time, Raven felt that something was wrong.
As soon as the body of the armored sloth was split, ignorant energy emanated from that part.
‘Oops…’
I was in a state where I couldn’t react quickly with my body for a while due to the delay that triggered the space charm.
If this is the case, there will be a conflict.
It was then.
Chow-Ah-
The bloodline has spread.
The clones next to him were hit instead by the bounced attacks.
However, the power was so great that even though the clones overlapped their bodies to block it, the 3 clones were reverse summoned in an instant.
Fortunately, using that momentary gap, Raven was able to pull herself back.
Perhaps because the alter ego was reverse summoned, the bloodstains on Raven’s face were soon scattered with mana and disappeared.
“Are you okay, Master?”
The remaining alter ego #4 asked anxiously.
Raven nodded.
– I’m fine. Thank you for stopping me.
“no. I waited just in case, but I was surprised to see a real damage reflection.”
Sang-woo, who was watching through No. 4, wiped his surprised heart.
‘It was dangerous. Still, I managed to get rid of the armored sloth. Now, let’s find the symbol of sloth.’
Sang-woo moved No. 4 to search for the half-displaced body.
Then, a black bead was found embedded in the body of the corpse.
‘found.’
Sang-woo had No. 4 pick up the marble.
Then
[System found unregistered object.]
[System error occurred.]
[Error code XYAS212FL…TIOF.]
[Identify unidentified object.]
[Identifying….] [Identifying…]
[Identifying ….]
A system message popped up.
‘It’s the same as back then.’
They were the same messages as when he obtained the symbol of gluttony.
The black marbles scattered like smoke and wrapped around Number 4’s body.
Sssssss-
Then, that energy began to be absorbed into Number 4’s body.
At the same time, like when he obtained the symbol of gluttony, pain arose in Number 4’s body, as if every cell in his body was being torn apart.
“Euuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”
Sang-woo twisted his body at the pain and had a seizure.
Sonmi, who was next to her, was taken aback.
“Sangwoo, are you okay?”
“Cuckoo… It’s okay.”
Sang-woo managed to finish the familiar skill and answered.
I was freed from the pain, but I had no spirit.
Seeing Sang-woo like that, Son-mi was bewildered.
‘What’s going on?’
In the meantime, number 4 continued to change.
All stats increased by 4.44, and
Wooddeuk-Duduk-
Musculoskeletal became stronger.
And finally.
[…….]
[Identifying…]
[Identifying…]
[Identification complete.]
[“Symbol of Sloth” acquired.]
[Sloth identifies the user.]
[Error Occurred. Unable to verify user.]
[Error Occurred. Unable to verify user.]
[[An error has occurred. Check the user……]
[Forced installation in progress…]
[Installation completed.]
I was able to get the symbol of sloth.
Number 4’s body changed dramatically.
A mist-shaped tattoo with ice crystals was placed on the right side of the pit, and a glaring bear face was tattooed on the back.
And the energy of indolence is completely settled on the side where the liver is located among the internal organs.
[The level of the familiar skill has risen.]
[The level of the clone-strengthening skill has risen.]
[The alter-ego skill has been updated.] [
The clone of sloth has been created.]
[The level of the alter-ego skill has risen.]
Gluttony Sang-woo was able to find stability only after he grew explosively like when he got the symbol.
Freed from the pain, Sang-woo opened the skill window.
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· [Spelling (Lv. 15)/Casting]: Consumes energy to summon an alter ego that looks just like you. Depending on the level, the number of objects that can be summoned increases.
-Current number of objects that can be summoned: 15
-Cooldown time: 19 hours 15 minutes
-Copies 1 piece of equipment from the main body. – You can summon a special alter ego.
《Gluttony, the alter ego of gluttony》,
《Sloth, the alter ego of indolence》
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‘Appeared.’
As a special alter ego, sloth alter ego items were created.
Sang-woo immediately checked the details.
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《Sloth, the alter ego of sloth》
It is an alter ego that has been consumed by sloth.
You can unleash the power of ‘laziness’ that neutralizes everything.
The longer you stay still, the higher your stats will be.
The more still you are, the more energy you accumulate.
You can activate a counter attack with accumulated energy.
You can trigger Exjust Field.
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‘Even if you stay still, your abilities increase?’
In addition, it seemed to have the ability to reflect damage, which Sang-woo had trouble with, under the name of ‘Counter Attack’.
On top of that, there’s even the Exhaust Field, which seems to have neutralized the surroundings.
‘It’s really nice. It’s an open scam.’
Who doesn’t like being strong?
Sang-woo, who has grown up once again, is pleased.
‘But he must be weird like Gluttony.’
Because when he shared his senses with Gluttony, an immense hunger tormented him.
For some reason, it seemed that sloth’s alter ego, Sloth, would be similar.
‘Okay, let’s experience what it feels like.’
So, Sang-woo used the Familiar skill on No. 4, No Sloth.
It was purely out of curiosity.
Then a sense of helplessness, exhaustion, and tiredness took possession of him in an instant.
At the same time, what Sloth could see was the jungle and the sky.
Before I knew it, Sloth was lying on the floor.
‘… Sleepy. oh it can’t be like this clear.’
Sang-woo manages to end his familiar skills.
‘If I sync with him, I’ll make a mistake and I’ll fall asleep forever. I’ll have to be careful.’
Sang-woo realized something to be careful about and got up from his seat and brushed his butt.
“Guide is done. Shall we go?”
“yes? But what about the barrier?”
“I’m fine now.”
After a brief inspection, Sang-woo took Son-mi and the rest of his alter egos and headed straight for Raven.
As the symbol of indolence was recovered, the barrier area disappeared, so there was no difficulty in moving.
“The barrier area is gone. Sangwoo, how did this happen?”
“Because Master Haha destroyed the core of the barrier.”
“A nuclear one?”
“You just need to know that.”
Sang-woo, who is roughly sloppy.
There’s nothing to get in the way now. I moved quickly and was able to meet Raven right away.
He was waiting, perched on the corpse of an armored sloth. “Master, you worked hard.”
-It wasn’t a big deal. Anyway, why is that alter ego doing that?
Raven pointed to Sloth lying on the floor and said.
Sang-woo, conscious of his loss, replied using the messenger skill.
-That’s because I got the symbol of indolence now.
-Hmm, the Seven Deadly Sins is very strange.
-That’s what I mean.
Sang-woo, who solved the master’s curiosity, immediately led the party.
“Shall we go first? Let’s quickly get out of the dungeon and eat something delicious. I am hungry.”
-Feel so good. let’s go bro
“yes. Please guide me.”
“All right. I will guide you to the exit. Please follow me.”
Sonmi turned her back and walked ahead.
She smiled condescendingly.
‘Finally heading to the destination.’
She was planning to lead Sang-woo and his party to a place other than the exit.
< Barrier Area (2) > End
