062. Another manager (3)
common area.
A space created for exchange as an area only for challengers on a certain level.
In this space, all the challengers from other countries who could not meet in the integration ordeal were able to gather.
Lee Seong-jin, a challenger of the hard difficulty who had just arrived on the 10th floor, was drawn to this fact and immediately entered the common area.
‘If I can interact with other challengers… wouldn’t it be completely honey?’
It is possible to meet challengers from other countries that could not be met even after going through the integration ordeal, and to be interested in their managers.
Lee Seong-jin thought that fact alone would benefit him.
In any case, it was decided that it would be better to do so if it was possible to take a picture of the eyes of the administrators, since sponsorship and transactions with authority become possible when the administrators are interested.
‘Even if that’s not the case, they say there are many benefits…’
He asked the manager he had contracted with about the advantages of the common area on the 10th floor, and he heard various things.
Auction halls, arena gambling halls, etc…
There are quite a few facilities and you can get quite a lot of profit from them.
Because of that, even the plan to return right away was canceled and stopped by the common area.
But…
is it because they were summoned not to a crowded area, but to a deserted roadside slightly away from the common area?
“Aren’t these bastards all Korean hunters?”
From the moment I entered the common area, things started to get weird.
“Right. Are all these bastards Korean hunters? Isn’t that guy over there an A-class hunter?”
“Wow, Korea is also always saying that it is a hunter powerhouse, but in the end, was it helpless in the tower?”
“The people who said that this is not the case in China must have had nothing else to do. They’re like little bastards who wouldn’t mind chewing
on them…” 「The magic power consumption rate is increased by 100% by the unique property ‘Decrease Light’
.」
「The body is partially paralyzed by the unique characteristic ‘Eyes of Fear’.」
Those who were summoned near the public area suddenly used all sorts of debuff abilities to block Lee Seong-jin’s movement.
‘Fuck…?’
It was only then that Lee Seong-jin could clearly feel that something was wrong.
Summoned from a place where there were only six people, three of them suddenly activated their unique characteristics.
I’ve heard that you have to walk a bit to get to one of the common areas where everyone else is gathered.
In other words, even if a murder occurs here, no one will know.
“…Now hold on a second. What is this?”
Lee Seong-jin was flustered and hurriedly asked the three challengers what they were doing…
“Well…? What is this? Think carefully, though?”
“You’re a Korean who claims to be a hunter powerhouse, but you don’t know that, right?”
“Haha, can it be? There’s no way Koreans don’t know that.”
Rather, the three of them only laughed sarcastically at the words.
‘Ah, this sucks…’
Seongjin Lee originally had a career as an A-class hunter before being summoned to the tower.
As much as he had gone through numerous lines and seen the ugly side of the Hunters, he was able to clearly discern what was happening.
‘It’s not an ordeal, it’s coming all the way here to plunder…?’
Whether it’s killing people and then stealing things or incapacitating them, they want to achieve what they want.
Just when Lee Seong-jin felt the back of his back get cold, the woman behind him opened his mouth.
“Uh, sounds like a Chinese… can you handle it? If you turn on the community feature and tell others about this, you won’t be safe.”
It was only then that he remembered that Seongjin Lee had such a number, but even those words did not change anything.
“How far can the words spilled in that community inform? Even if only the Tower can inform it, don’t you know if it’s true or not?”
It was as if it would not matter if they were killed as long as it was not a problem from the outside.
“Well, but it’s not like I can’t save you at all.”
“…?”
“If you put down all the items and do as instructed, you can save at least one person, right?”
“…”
Lee Seong-jin could not help but frown at the ugly gazes of the Chinese challengers that followed.
Even…
「The manager ‘Black Devil’ looks at this situation with amusement.] 「The manager ‘Gourmet’
tells you to get your hands off the contractor.」
「
The manager ‘Gourmet’ tells the contractor to evade it somehow.」 Even
though the manager Seongjin Lee contracted, the manager ‘Gourmet’, threatened the manager of the Chinese challenger, the situation could not be avoided.
‘What the hell am I supposed to do…?’
Despite all the worries, Lee Seong-jin could not come up with an answer.
The female challenger behind her also hesitated backwards in fear.
Among the murderous Hunters, he was certain that he had met those who were insane.
“Shall we talk about it after disarming?”
That was the moment when the Chinese challenger smiled.
“I don’t think you need to do that?”
The man in the black robe, who had been standing still, opened his mouth.
“…what?”
“I thought you wouldn’t have to.”
“…do you know what you just said?”
“I’m asking something obvious. He said that there was no need to listen to the threats made by non-humans.”
“…Ha ha ha ha ha. It’s fun.”
Of course, the Chinese challenger didn’t look as funny as he said.
He just seemed embarrassed that he dared to stand up in this situation.
He glanced at the other two and then spoke in a cold voice.
“I wonder if you can think like that even after you die.”
When the worst development he thought became a reality, Lee Seong-jin soon began to get nervous.
‘I have no choice but to fight…!?’
But at that moment, something strange happened.
Aww-!
「The authority ‘Sword Merchant’ is activated.]
「The skill ‘Instantaneous Acceleration’ is activated.]
Terrible!
“…uh?”
In an instant, the Chinese challenger’s throat was blown off by the blade.
And that, too, by a man in a black robe.
***
Actually, I had quite a few expectations about the common areas.
Anyway, it wasn’t an ordeal, but the challengers were gathering inside the tower for a different purpose
.
But…
‘Are they like this again… I’m fed up with them.’
The situation was twisted from the beginning, as if that expectation was thoroughly broken.
I never imagined that a challenger from another country would try to plunder.
But aside from the disappointment, these foreign challengers were not to my liking.
It was all the more so because the shady idea of threatening and playing with people at will was revealed as it was.
One of the main skills, ‘Grace of Wind’, was on cooldown, but…
「The skill ‘Forced Breakthrough’ is activated.」
「The skill ‘Exorcism’ is activated.」
These guys aren’t really challengers to the other world, they’re just these guys. Dealing with was now ridiculous.
「The effect of increasing magic consumption by 100% is canceled.」
「The effect of decreasing all stats by 20% is canceled.」
「The paralyzing effect applied to parts of the body is canceled.
」
All kinds of debuffs that weighed down his body disappeared, and at the same time, vitality surged through his body.
「The authority ‘Sword Merchant 劍氣傷人’ is activated.]
Chow ah!
After cutting off the head of the Chinese challenger who was standing in the lead at once…
Then, he jumped into the remaining two challengers while using the Instant Acceleration skill more vigorously.
“This crazy…! Lightning speed…!”
Standing up and down…!
The Chinese challenger, who tried to activate the skill immediately, split his torso in two…
“Hee hee hee! Live and live…!”
Kwajijik…!
The Chinese challenger, who had abandoned his weapon and tried to surrender, was kicked right away.
The challenger, who rolled on the floor in an instant and flew backwards, reacted violently as if his bones were broken.
“Turn it off!”
It looked quite painful, as if a broken bone had pricked his intestines.
Disgust welled up at the sight of tears streaming from his bloodshot eyes.
He laughed when he tried to kill others, but
when he was dying, he shed tears.
“Turn it off. Please… Ha, just look at me…”
Of course, I didn’t hesitate to approach the remaining Chinese challenger without hesitation and finish it off.
hooked
“….”
Maybe it’s because I don’t feel anything special anymore?
「Accomplished the achievement ‘Fight for Fire’.」
「Increases strength by 1.」
It was a bit bitter that killing people didn’t mean much to me. 「The administrator, the ‘Sangblood Lord’
, is pleased with
the unstoppable contractor’s actions.」
That feeling was short-lived, and soon I absorbed the spirits of the dead challengers.
「Absorbed the command of player ‘Hyun Mu-jin’.」
「Absorbed the command of player ‘Cheon-jin Lee’.」
「Absorbed the command of player ‘Nam Jin-hyeon.」 「
Skill increased by 6.4%.」
It wasn’t, so the range of skill level wasn’t high, but…
Considering that they could use the items they had, it must have been a pretty good reward.
‘Anyway, I wanted to check how powerful the sword is…’
It was these guys who fought, so I didn’t even know how powerful the authority was.
‘Any time, another opportunity will come.’
Whether in the tower or in reality, fighting opportunities abound and the enemy will grow stronger.
As much as that, I turned around soon after putting the regret behind me.
Then…
“Ho, are you a ranker…?”
The man who had just been intimidated by the Chinese challengers was looking at me.
It was as if he did not know that the situation would end so quickly.
“Ranker… well, I guess it could be called that.”
Since the final rankings were always within the top 10, it would be fair to call them rankers.
“That’s right. It’s an honor to meet you. Thanks for the help.”
As the man thanked him, the woman behind him belatedly opened his mouth.
“I’m sorry. I should have helped… but the fight ended faster than I thought…”
Of course, I wasn’t to be thanked as much as I was almost killed by a Chinese challenger.
“Nothing.”
Actually, I’m not a saint, nor did I try to help others like a hero.
‘It’s just that I almost died, so I just helped…’
It was because these Chinese challengers were so eager to plunder without thinking.
‘Perhaps he believed in the unique characteristics specialized in binding and weakening.’
Contrary to their thoughts, I became like this because those things didn’t work for me.
“Everyone can go now.”
“yes? But even if it’s a case…”
“It’s okay, you can go. I don’t say anything.”
“Ah yes…”
The female challenger seemed to want to do something, but…
honestly, I didn’t want to receive anything that far, and even if I did, I didn’t think it would be of much help.
After sending the female challenger like that, it was the moment when he was about to approach the Chinese challenger’s corpse.
“There…”
I turned around at the voice I heard from behind.
“Did you still stay?”
And I narrowed my eyes as I saw the hesitant male challenger.
‘what? I thought it was a case?’
At the moment of such a question, the male challenger opened his mouth.
“Ah yes. It’s not different, but an example…”
“I would have said it was done. You don’t have to be burdened.”
At those words, the male challenger stunned and continued.
“Then how about this one?”
“…?”
“Please hand over the corpses of these challengers to me.”
“What else is that…”
I killed them all by myself, so you want me to hand over the body out of the blue?
Feeling what kind of bullshit this is, I frowned.
“That sounds like it would be difficult…”
“Then I will give you authority through the manager.”
“I will.”
The male challenger widened his eyes and was taken aback.
“yes? Are you really me?”
Seriously.
Even if everything else was the same, authority was different.
Can you just hand over the corpses of these guys and receive the power?
I wish I was lucky, but never bad.
‘I can receive something like authority, but I can’t refuse it.’
「The administrator, the Iron Blood Lord, admires the quick change of stance.」
The Iron Blood Lord admired my attitude, but this is how humans are by nature.
“I will accept the authority. However, you only need to tell us what kind of ability it is. We will listen to it and decide what to do.”
That was the moment when the words were over.
「The manager ‘Gourmet’ smiles at your wisdom.」
「The manager ‘White Crane Geomseon(白鶴劍仙)’ looks at you with interest.」
「The manager ‘Black Devil’ is bored at your lucky situation. I think it is.」
‘What is it?’
For a moment, I was taken aback by the messages pouring in unexpectedly.
That’s because there’s more attention from managers than we thought.
However, the more managers who are interested, the more I can get.
That’s why I didn’t show my agitation and soon opened my mouth calmly.
“What would you like?”
At that, the male challenger nodded as if there was nothing more to look at…
“Okay. Let me explain the drill power…”
After hearing that explanation, I couldn’t help but widen my eyes.
Somehow, as soon as I entered the common area, I felt like I would get good powers right away.
