_ Volume 3, Episode 12
62. The first return. 1st wave (3)
[Start a special quest]
[Kill enemies and survive]
Monsters appear from four directions. At the same time, an achromatic curtain fell from the sky with a roar.
Kugu Palace!
It prevents the four directions from interfering with each other. Taesan approached slowly and
struck him.
Whoa!
Vibration spreads along the achromatic wall. The wall has no scratches.
“Is it too much with these stats?”
Do not interfere in other directions. It was a tent with such a meaning. After beating Taesan for a while, he turned his gaze to the monsters.
gurgling.
Kuruk.
Many monsters appear. If Taesan’s memory wasn’t wrong,
it would be 100 F-class monsters.
He calmly raised his sword.
Unlike Taesan, who was calm, screams and frightened screams were erupting elsewhere.
“Kyaaaaaa!”
“help me!”
I came out with a certain amount of determination, but the number of monsters was too many. People panicked at the monster, which seemed to reach triple digits, and tried to enter the city hall.
“what!”
“Why can’t I go in!”
However, the road to the inside of the city hall was also blocked by a transparent curtain. While they were perplexed, the monsters came close.
three directions. Thirty thousand people each were terrified and struggled.
Hwiyeon desperately read them.
“Don’t be afraid! They can’t kill you!”
I tried to calm people down somehow, but they don’t follow. They wander around and try to escape from a space where they cannot escape.
” shit.”
Hwiyeon gritted her teeth and ran to the monsters.
It would have been more comfortable to have someone of the same level as her, but Joong-geun and Lee Tae-yeon all
went in different directions. A monster with huge tentacles stops trying to hit a person on the head and strikes back.
gurgling.
Block tentacles from being swung. It is pushed back little by little due to the difference in power, but it covers it with skills and quick movements.
[7 damage to 5446654451 monsters]
.
I barely knocked out one monster.
But she can’t stop all monsters. A monster attacks a person. Sensing death, the young man
screams like a woman.
“Kyaaaaaa!”
[7 damage to Jung Jun-yong.]
“Kyaa…ah’?”
The beaten young man’s eyes widened. Hwiyeon shouts while confronting a monster.
“The attack power of the monsters is not high! Just be careful and you can survive! We must fight back!”
People were frightened by the terrible appearance of the monster and gave up fighting, but the strength of the monster itself was not so strong as a hired monster at best.
Joong-geun and Hwi-yeon at the present time are also capable of being opponents. Their attack power wasn’t that high, and their speed and power weren’t unbearable at all.
Their basic health is 100. They do not die even if they are beaten by monsters more than 10 times. Those who ran away realized it.
“I said I give you a reward according to your performance.”
“Then can’t I try?”
Little by little greed spreads.
They come forward and start fighting.
Stab the monster’s neck and beat it with the gauntlet. Those who were beaten run away in a hurry, drink the health potion, and come back again.
Hwiyeon, who thought it was so easy to understand, smiled bitterly.
But it wasn’t bad. A few of the hard mode players, including her, were fighting hard, but there was no choice but to be pushed back by the difference in numbers, but it became very comfortable after this.
Other places were not very different. As soon as they realized that the monster’s attack power was low, they rushed into the area that Jung-geun was in charge of. Jun-hyeok and Lee Tae-yeon
were in charge of similar places.
“Stay!”
“Kill him!”
Junhyeok blew a whistle at the sight of them rushing on their own.
“This is comfortable.”
“I know.”
Lee Taeyeon answered and moved her hand. The monster’s neck was split into a triangular shape. Those who fought together could not hide their amazement.
“You are as strong as a monster…
The muttering man
was a top-ranked player in hard mode. Although not at the level of Jung-geun and Hwi-yeon, they were at a level where they could somehow win against a monster.
He thought he was pretty strong. He believed that even Huiyeon and Junggeun could not easily defeat him.
However, the two people in Alone Mode were stronger than that.
It was a great shock to him who had been ignoring the Alone mode in his heart.
Junhyeok smiled bitterly.
“I’m not that strong.”
“What is that…
The man who was about to say that he is not on the strong side shuts up.
“but. There are real monsters.”
Lee Tae-yeon looked over the curtain. Taesan was alone there with no one else.
Huiyeon said we should win quickly and go help him, but she saw no need to help.
Taesan carelessly makes fun of his fist.
Kwajik.
The monster’s head is crushed. Kick your feet. The lower half of the monster explodes and disappears.
gurgling.
Kuruk.
Dozens of monsters attack Mount Tai all at once. Taesan calmly drew out his sword.
Kagak.
In an instant, afterimages are drawn, and the monsters become fragments and disappear.
Remove the damage window blocking the view and stab the sword. The monster that was obscured by the shadows is pierced as it is. Taesan lifts it up with strength and cuts it in half.
rumble.
A monster uses the corpse of a fellow tribesman as bait and manages to attack Taesan’s chest.
[Kang Tae-san’s block has been activated.]
[0 damage to Kang Tae-san.]
Kwajik.
Before he could even rejoice at his success, the monster’s head exploded.
Every time the sword moves, monsters die, and whenever the body moves, several of them explode.
It was a truly staggering difference. In terms of stats, these are 13 to 14 at most. A simple calculation showed a difference of nearly 20 times from Taesan.
[This is amazing.]
muttered the ghost who had been watching
.
[That number probably refers to the number of them.]
“Right.”
Later, there are literally unfathomable monsters. Some even suffocated from being buried in the amount of water. It wasn’t just strength, it was a huge threat in numbers.
[It must have taken a lot of energy to send this amount to someone else’s world. For what?]
“It was the same when talking about the gods
.
[The value of your spiritual interference area. Etc… things related to the transcendental in some way.]
“Does it mean you have to use it to interfere with someone?”
[If it is simple, it is possible without using it. As long as it’s a reward worth less than dust, it can be provided without loss of power under the assumption that it’s a fair transaction. These are the items you received when you cleared the ordeal. That’s about that level for the gods.]
It was of great value to him now, but
it seemed like it really had no value to the gods. Considering the items you get at the end of the Alone Mode, it makes sense.
[However, permanent loss is necessary to give the transcendent a reward worth even a speck of dust. It’s like the apostle’s contract or the skills he gave you.]
Gurgle.
Mash the oncoming monster. Throw a knife at the head of the monster aiming for an opening from the left. The sword smashes the monster’s head.
This is the end of the last monster.
Approaching and drawing a sword, Taesan said.
“Keep talking.”
[To put it simply, as they became transcendental beings, it becomes difficult for them to interfere with mortals, and in order to intervene meaningfully, they themselves have to sacrifice something. And that power is not easily recovered.]
“Then what is this guy?”
Taishan points to the monster’s corpse.
A hundred monsters. According to the ghost, it means that it has lost considerable power. However, as Taesan remembers,
even when he died, new monsters continued to appear.
the ghost grunted.
[I don’t know either. Not a normal transcendentalist. It seems to be a higher existence than that… I guess I’ll have to see more. But why doesn’t it end?]
Taesan killed all the monsters, but the quest completion didn’t appear. Taesan kicked the monster’s corpse and sat down.
“Because I have to wait for the other places to finish.”
Processing in one direction is not the end
. Taesan waited patiently.
Maybe everyone is happy now.
It wasn’t long before that joy turned to despair.
“Heh heh.”
After defeating the last monster, Hwiyeon
wiped away her sweat. Shouts of joy echoed from all directions.
“I won!”
“Victory! Hurray!”
Everyone cheered and raised their hands high. Hug each other and enjoy the victory.
Some died, but they were very rare. Everyone survived except for those who failed to keep the line.
As they celebrated their victory, the quest was also completed.
[Special Quest Success]
[When returning to the labyrinth, the reward is paid differently.]
It meant that all four directions were victorious. It was when they embraced each other with faces full of anticipation and joy.
[Start of special quest]
[The second wave begins.]
[Defense area: north, south, east, west based on City Hall.]
[Defeat enemies and protect City Hall.]
“Huh?”
“Are there any more?”
They look away in bewilderment.
A monster appeared in the direction from which the monsters had appeared. The faces of the people who were nervous were relieved.
“no way. Only one?”
“About one thing…
Unlike them who were relaxed, Joong-geun’s face hardened.
“…for a moment.”
He had seen a monster one level taller and gigantic moving like a mountain.
The one who can’t follow the movement properly is a monster outside the standard.
It was a monster that could have killed him and about a hundred other people if Taesan hadn’t defeated it.
The monster that appeared now had a similar appearance to that monster. He tried to let people know that something was wrong, but before that, someone acted first.
“About one!”
A man steps out with a confident face.
The man
was one of the top performers in normal mode and had landed final blows on several monsters. This time, he was determined to prove his strength by fighting one-on-one.
The man’s sword pierced the monster’s chest.
[Damage 1 to 54612154 monsters.]
“…Huh?”
Kwajik.
[52 damage to Choi Min-sik.]
“Uh uh uh?”
[54 damage to Choi Min-sik.]
“Uh…
the man collapses.
The monster moves its feet. At that moment, everyone except heavyweights and a few hard modes missed the move.
Kwaaang!
People fly away with the explosion. They are as helpless as ants blown away by a strong wind.
People noticed with the current attack. The monster hadn’t been ranked yet, but I knew it nonetheless.
It is a higher level monster that is different from the monsters that have appeared so far.
A fear that had been forgotten belatedly came to mind. People started screaming again and running away in a hurry.
“You can’t run away!”
Joong-geun gritted his teeth and shouted. Even if you run away from the monster, there is nowhere to run. The way is open only when you risk your life and fight.
The moment Joong-geun stepped forward and ran towards the monster, the monster’s arm moved.
Joong-geun immediately felt a creepy sensation and quickly lowered his head.
Kwaaang!
“Aagh!”
The people behind Joong-geun flew away. Joong-geun, who had goosebumps behind his back, gritted his teeth.
“What the hell…
it’s ridiculously fast. Dodging it was half accidental. Even if I told them to avoid it again, I couldn’t guarantee that they would avoid it.
Incredibly strong.
‘Winning something like this?’
Despair appeared on Junggeun’s face. The monster began to move silently.
Kwajik.
[43 damage to monster 78541212.]
The monster collapses.
Taesan turns his sword.
An E-class monster on a completely different level from an F-class monster. It’s definitely strong, but now Taesan is stronger than those who cleared Easy Mode. It doesn’t matter to him.
If it’s a problem, it’s others. They are not yet capable of defeating E-class monsters.
“What a cruel being.”
The way to overcome it is to literally change your life. Even if the damage is 1, if you prepare for death and attack, you can win.
Even if you want to go to help, you can’t help as much as you are blocked by the tent. I just want you to know how to win.
Still, since he alone was in charge of one direction, there were more people, so he could catch them with less damage than in the previous world
.
“I have to do what I have to do.”
Veils only prevent interference with each other. They do not prevent movement far away.
Taishan left City Hall and headed for the half-destroyed city.
Level up with skill
