Chapter.4 Eyelids (16)
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As he hid in the darkness of the city, the professor recalled the characteristics of World 3 Tobrun, which the community was familiar with.
‘The basic structure is an outpost to defend the capital. So, the Yeongju Castle was built almost adjacent to the South Gate, which faces the capital, and there is another wall between the North Gate and the South Gate. It is said that the slums and ordinary residential areas are divided starting from the wall…
Since I come from Turan, which is directly north of Tobrun, my current location is probably the most underdeveloped northern part of Tobrun.
The first thing I saw after coming out of the prison was the tall wall that seemed to divide the area and the well-maintained road. When I was brought in earlier, I noticed that there were two ways into Tobrun’s castle gate. One is over that wall. One is the path he is on now.
‘The area I’m in is probably a section for external use of the north gate. Then, where should we go to see the true colors of Tobrun?’
The professor jumped over the high wall without difficulty.
Woe!
“Wow!”
The first thing you feel as you enter the dark alley is the terrible stench and humidity. A magic tower located in the center of the city. The eight-branched river flowing out from the magic tower crosses the city, transporting many people and goods, and at the end of the river, it becomes a river of all kinds of waste water and sewage thrown away from upstream.
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Ugh, I heard Tobrun was a magical city and there was a water magic tower, so I imagined it looking like Venice.
-Speed Wagon: The area upstream from Naeseong is much more beautiful than that. The Reed Flow school is also famous for making and selling a lot of cheap magic items. The entire city is filled with magical power, and the boats floating on the river are all crafts powered by magic.
‘The gap between rich and poor is so serious that it’s scary. The people who live at the far end… live off the by-products of scouring that sewage.’
A place where a foul odor sticks with you wherever you go. It is not a place for people to live. Among the floating objects in the sewage, there were often human-shaped objects floating around.
[Ugh, let’s get out of the shell quickly. I can’t stand it here.]
‘Huh?’
what. It was quiet for a while, then suddenly why did this guy come out again?
[That’s because I feel the same way you feel! It is said that Mute is basically made to feel appetite in humans. Because it helps collect genes. This place…smells like rotten food mixed with trash and mixed with water.]
You monster. Disgusting bastard.
[Don’t be like that. It’s physiological.]
Damn. I need to figure out how to get rid of this guy quickly.
The professor ignored the person in his head who kept whining about leaving this place and steadily headed deeper into the slums. The target was a thieves guild located in the most remote part of this slum.
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Squeak-clatter-clatter.
As I pushed through the half-broken swing door, I came into sight of a bar where people who seemed to have given up all hope in Sepa were drinking.
– professor: Hey, is this right? No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem like this place, does it? Look into those people’s eyes. Even if I set fire to this bar right now, I’ll be like, ‘Ah, it’s warm.’ And you’re saying it’s just a prize to be burned to death?
– Jokass: Just believe it. I was someone who watched Rabbit Princess every single day when they were pushing World 3. Levitt is definitely a thief, so he often visited the thief’s guild in Tobrunn.
– Nutria Gena: Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve been here, so you’ve made some progress? Is this the Tobrun Thieves Guild?
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Hey, isn’t this the person who came in at the beginning of the professor’s broadcast? I thought he was dead because I suddenly stopped seeing him.
– Nutria gina: Maldonomache. A long time ago, the shield broke down and I was only able to survive with a cloaking closet, but a week ago, a mutant that was wandering around got caught in the vent and it wasn’t even a big fuss. Since there is no shield, sand flows in endlessly, and there are half-mutilated mutants struggling in the vents…. Everyone who lives with me jumps out to stop the mutants attracted by the noise, and I am pulling out the mutant pieces stuck between the vents… .There was no war.
– Muqaba: Still, I managed to survive.
– Nutria Gena: ㅇㅇ. Our shelter was built for military purposes, so one thing we’re sure about is the defense facilities. So, after things settled down a bit, I came in to rest. But why did the Tobrun Thieves Guild suddenly come?
‘hmm. I thought that person was dead too.’
Anyway, from what I’ve heard, it seems like this is a thieves guild. Let’s see… Then the password…
The professor passed through the narrow door, entered the bar, and sat down at the counter. Even without turning around, he could feel other people squinting at him.
Knock knock.
I knocked on the bar and only then did the bartender turn his head.
“order.”
“Moon shine. Two bottles.”
“…I’m sorry, but I don’t sell anything like that anymore. “When are you looking for moonshine?”
“Then six bottles. “I’ll double the price.”
Order as read in the community. The professor did not choose World 3, which has already been cleared, for nothing, rather than World 4, which is at the forefront of play. Of course, if we had started with World 4, the number of viewers would have increased a little more. However, World 4 is literally an unexplored area. There is no information. On the other hand, World 3, which ranked 3rd place, Chen Ryuje, ignorantly pushed the game to control, is still being enjoyed by many players and a lot of information has been released. This means that there are many ways to get help outside of the game.
‘Of course, in the case of the seed I’m playing, the progress has already gone half way…’
Still, there will still be quite a bit of useful information. For example, the access password of this secretive group.
The bartender frowned, looked at my face, and took out six bottles of different shapes as if he was annoyed.
“Owner. What date is it today?”
“…17th of the month of Jockmann.”
Tiring-!
[Information update. The 17th of Joker’s Month. Around 11 p.m.]
‘Let’s see…. Jockman is the saint of October, so if it’s October 17th….’
– Speed Wagon: It’s the old moon. GG The lunar calendar is constant regardless of the direction of play, so it is the old moon.
When the professor heard the word “Old Year’s Day,” he picked up the pot-bellied bottle to the left of the fourth bottle among the six.
‘Rodrik’s largest thieves’ guild [Moon Shadow]. The method of contact is to go to a designated bar, order Moonshine, be rejected, order six more bottles, then choose a drink similar to the shape of the moon of that day and drink it all at once. It’s so damn complicated.’
I didn’t even want to imagine how hard it must have been for the person who first figured this out. I probably had to clear boring and annoying faction missions for months.
The professor shook the bottle a little. Slightly opaque silver. There was also quite a bit of floating material floating around.
– professor: Hey, do I really have to drink this? No matter how you look at it, it’s not something to drink. Now that I think about it, if you give me moonshine, don’t they make it for me? If I used water here, wouldn’t it be completely poisonous?
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: This is a visual you would definitely see at a college freshman welcoming party. I really want you to drink it.
– Speed Wagon: If you don’t drink it, I’ll leave. Probably not just alcohol. They must have mixed things up to gain an advantage over visitors. Like poison. Like drugs. Because the moon shadow treats anyone as an enemy and responds accordingly.
Shit. I asked for no reason. You don’t want to drink anymore.
Of course, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t drink it. A helper was essential for this plan, and the only group that could receive help in my current situation was this shadowy guild.
The professor closed his eyes tightly and poured the ‘Moon Shine’ from the bottle down his throat.
Gulp – Gulp –
Silvery liquid flowing down the throat. It has a strong bitter taste and a significant alcohol aroma that rises from the throat to the nose. And the faint scent of watermelon that follows the shock…
‘Is this pretty good?’
The moment the professor tasted the alcohol, which tasted better than expected, he felt a sharp pain in his stomach.
“Ugh!”
When I stumbled, the bartender quickly came out of the counter and helped me up.
“I can’t believe you drink that much strong alcohol. That won’t work. “Let’s take a break inside.”
The bartender tried to help me as I fell, but almost fell with me due to the weight exceeding my imagination. Then, the two customers sitting next to me quickly got up from their seats and moved me into the bar along with the bartender.
Squeak – percussion!
As the shabby wooden door closed, I heard the other two people supporting me grumbling.
“Ugh shit. “It’s heavier than it looks.”
“That’s right. This is a guy I’ve never seen before in this neighborhood. “You must be a foreigner, right?”
“professor. Unidentified. It was confirmed that he was caught by the security guards around noon today and taken to prison. According to the guy who was planted in the security area, he looks like a guy who has been bullied by a wizard for some reason. “Looking at you here, it looks like you managed to escape somehow.”
This is the bartender’s voice. Anyway, since it is a thieves guild, the information is fast. I can’t believe you know information about me, who just escaped and arrived here.
They dragged me and turned several times. Right, left, left again, right…
As time goes by, my consciousness becomes more blurred. As my vision melted, their words became more and more… more and more –
tirring-!
[Trait Gain – Drug Resistance (Minor): Your body has been exposed to a significant amount of drug over a short period of time. Your body, which is constantly bombarded with chemical reactions, no longer responds easily. / Poison resistance (small) increases, potion efficiency decreases.]
With the system notification sound, the back of my neck tingled, and consciousness slowly began to return.
‘Ugh…. The timing is amazing. ‘Is it because I drank poison this time that I’ve been drugged as a test subject?’
Apparently, there are conditions such as having to be exposed to more than a few drugs.
In terms of characteristic grade, maybe C to C-? It seemed like this effect occurred because most people were not exposed to poison, but rather had been pickled in anesthetics or various magical drugs. If we had to be honest, this should be considered a negative trait, but for now, it is a very useful trait. Because I can’t be dragged along at their pace.
‘Physical tanking is conditionally perfect. Drug resistance has also developed to some extent. Now, as long as you have magic resistance, you are a perfect tank-type warrior.’
This is why you have to go through some trouble to play this game. As long as you survive, it all becomes blood and flesh. Look at the water magic. It was hard at first, but now life is fun, right?
“Keuuuuu! “It’s so damn heavy!”
“Huh oh oh oh oh! “We’re almost there!”
I heard the door open and felt my body being tied to something like a chair. As I was quietly acting as if I was dead or unconscious, after a while I felt something that looked like someone on the other side.
“You’re a big guest~? Can you wake me up? Canis?”
“Yes Master.”
Sigh!
“Puuup! Wow! Kellogg!”
‘Damn it! ‘This is the river!’
That intense scent in cold water. It seemed like there was nothing better than waking up an unconscious person. Even in modern times, things like smelling salt are used to wake up someone who has fainted. Anyway, they spray something like this on their own building! Have these children lost their sense of smell while living here?
When I opened my eyes, pretending to come to my senses, the first thing I saw was the knife stuck on the desk. A dirty knife covered in blood and a woman sitting in front of it with her hands clasped. ‘Overcome Mental Breakdown’, who was so quick to notice that it was useless to try to understand the situation around her, quickly highlighted her external features. Hair as long as ebony. A neat attire that did not match the surroundings, a blue dress with long sleeves made of a material as soft as silk. She was a woman with a neat yet bewitching mysterious charm, right down to her softly falling eyelashes and the tear spots underneath them.
“Oh, sir. “Do you think you’ve come to your senses?”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu her her she her she she she her her or her or she/ or or it it or or or or it or or it
or it it it it or it? It’s so much fun tricking kids. I pretended to be suppressed by this thin rope and dug up information, and then voila! And if you untie the rope, how surprised would that woman be? Just thinking about it makes my heart pound.
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Deceptive insult teabagging… It’s the joy of life.
– takealook: This is completely normal for gamers. It is traditional for the stronger the stronger to appear weaker.
– Noroo Drug: ‘Overcome Mental Breakdown’ is GG’s best god perk! It automatically takes the angle and zooms in like that! the best! So cool!
The woman seemed to like my reaction as her eyes drew a soft line like a crescent moon.
“Um, where should I go~? Would you like to guess? You came to the Moon Shadow Tavern, used a password that only recognized members would know, and then lost your mind. “Now then, where am I?”
The woman stood up and returned, slowly sweeping the edge of the desk with her fingertips. As her feet moved gently, the thin fabric clung to her body, slightly revealing the lines of her body. Well, cancel the word neat. It is a very purposeful piece of clothing. Very effective.
She came towards me like she was dancing and gently hugged me from behind. I felt a gentle pressure on my back through the thin fabric.
‘Waaaaaaahhh God!’
– Noru Drug: Possible! possible! possible! Cheap possible!
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: The last best game of mankind. Anyone who denies it will be castrated.
– takealook: mind! It moves my heart! mind! A heart as broad as the sea!
– Speed Wagon: E.
– Highway Nacho Man: Wow, it’s so big. The professor’s biceps.
– Holly: Everyone. Could you please calm down a little? It’s a bit… burdensome.
– Gunpowder and blood: I’m sorry, miss. These guys aren’t good at that.
[This human female’s lactation system is the best!!!]
Someone deep in my heart and mind, who lacks tolerance for the community and women, was in an uproar.
Yes.
Professor Park. Age 24.
No dating experience since the age of 17 due to the destruction of the world.
A world of beauty. I haven’t learned how to respond to these attacks.
“All moon shadows!”
“Oh my~ Our customer is smart, isn’t he? Since you answered correctly, I should give you a ‘prize’, right?”
Phew~
“Euiik!”
As the woman blew air into my ears, my whole body trembled without my knowledge. I’m scared! I don’t think I can pretend to be weak if I get hurt anymore! Be strong!
Cluck cluck cluck.
The woman’s eyes were curved like a crescent moon, as if she was amused by my reaction to every small gesture.
“Let me formally introduce you. “This is the reception room of the Moon Shadow Tobrun Branch and I am the Master Rakshasha of this branch?”
A female Rakshasha dressed in frighteningly feminine clothes walked up from behind me, placed her hand on her chest, and slightly lifted the hem of her clothes. She looks like an aristocratic lady.
“Then, shall we slowly get to know each other in the most intimate details? Mr. ‘Professor’, the fugitive?”
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