Episode 79
It was just when I was about to go through the labyrinth with the boy who volunteered to be my guide. A message appeared above my vision.
KThe Labyrinth of the Black Dragon Fortress) The strategy begins!]
[The Labyrinth Planner (Dungeon Master) is established!]
[The Labyrinth Planner creates various monsters and traps. Arranged….]
‘Labyrinth planner.’
It’s not a world in a tower, and it’s not a tower break. A game set in this world.
［Player Kang Yoo-seong is set as the ‘Labyrinth Attacker’!］
［Strategy Goal: The Attacker
can break through and defeat the Labyrinth Planner’s Labyrinth and win!]
“Who would say that this is not a manga game…..?
“What?！”
The guide was embarrassed and held his breath in front of the message, and Yoosung asked back.
“Can you see it too?”
“Oh me. You mean the message?！”
“Yes.”
And that was right then.
Kieeeeek!
A scream rang out.
Even though it was broad daylight, it was the sound of monsters echoing in the darkness where sunlight could not reach, and the sound quickly got closer.
“What! Tower break?! Why are monsters…!”
“No, it’s a little different.”
The shooting star answered, and a strange monster appeared from the darkness. A jet black skewer emerged not from the ground but from the shadows beneath my feet.
‘Shadow Rucker…!’
A monster made of shadows. Even though it was broad daylight, it was the perfect monster to play in this labyrinth where there was not a single ray of sunlight. It wasn’t just the floor, but shadow tentacles rushed across the ceiling and walls.
Since there is nothing that can be called a physical entity, normal attacks are meaningless. But Na Yoosung was the same.
Whoa!
The cold air of dark frost swirled along the arm he was standing on, and several blades were forged. The intangible swordsmen controlled through swordsmanship rushed in, and cold and darkness swung towards the shadow figure.
Kieeeeek!
Amid the screams of the Shadow Lurkers, the guide’s expression turned pale and Yoosung turned his head.
“Go, go save your little brother!”
Yoosung shook his head and answered.
“Take a good look around.”
“What what?”
“The presence of people has disappeared since a while ago.” I was able to immediately realize that this was a player with a high degree of sensitivity. The exploration of the labyrinth began, and at that point, all traces of people disappeared. No, it disappeared.
“This place has already become no different from the world inside a tower.”
“So, I’m in the tower too?”
“It’s similar.”
Yoosung nodded and said.
“You said you wanted to be a player, right? From now on, it’s up to you, little guide.”
What stands before him is a whammy of unquestionable heroes. And the hero king is asking for help as a guide. That’s why the boy swallowed his saliva and
nodded quietly.
“Where are you going?”
“A place where the sun shines.”
Kwasik!
The shadows standing in the darkness spewed out skewers all at once. It was a trap.
“Wow!”
Just like that, Yooseong grabbed the guide by the back of his neck and bit him back, and he froze coldly as he saw the skewers sticking out all at once.
“Wow, I really thought I was going to die… Damn…
“Hi, my hair looks like it’s flying off, but is it making a loud noise?”
“Then tell me what to say, because it’s so cool!”
“Have I gotten older too? “I can’t understand the way kids talk these days.”
Yooseong muttered in bewilderment and swung his sword like that. Cold and darkness swirled and struck towards the shadows, and a scream echoed from the shadows.
Shadow Mimic.
All kinds of shadow-attribute monsters and traps greeted the shooting star in the area, and fortunately, it was a meteor that was more familiar with the shadow-attribute than anything else.
“Oh, it’s here.”
Immediately after, the boy guide said after seeing the graffiti written on the bottom of the wall.
“what’?”
“Signpost/’
Scribbles and scratches that seemed meaningless at first glance, very trivial things became signposts and guided the way through the labyrinth.
“After the criminal gangs started fighting, it became impossible to move freely even within the fortress. They even completely blocked the stairs during construction… Even now, the interior of the fortress is being intentionally expanded to make it more complicated so that hostile organizations can get lost when they invade.”
It is true as it is said.
Even Yooseong, who possessed the divine protection “Guide’s Sixth Sense,” couldn’t easily figure out where to go. However, for this child, this was his home and world, and like all children his age, it was a place for adventure and exploration.
“Why do you want to be a player?”
So, when Yoosung asked without thinking, the boy answered while chewing gum.
“Aren’t you stupid? That’s because I want to become rich.”
“Do you think this is a chance for the player to get rich
?”
“Then isn’t it?”
The boy asked back at Yoosung’s words. Hearing those words, Yooseong swallowed his words in an instant.
“No, that’s true. “Except for not being able to die
gracefully .”
“you idiot. “No one can die well in this gutter anyway.”
“Hmm, that’s true too.”
“So you can do anything to get out of this gutter.”
Hearing those words, Yoosung shrugged his shoulders calmly.
The light was shining. The twilight slanted beyond the western sky, interlocking like gears with the purple night sky.
The top of the Hokuryong Fortress.
A man raised his head from the top of the sky, so high that even the clouds seemed to be within his reach.
Even now, at the top of the fortress, expansions were being made haphazardly toward the upper floors.
Not people, but automatic machines.
And it was revealed that it was the ‘creation’ of a player who had made a contract with the Lord of Machinery.
In order to trap one more person in this gutter, machines are building towers every day using materials procured by helicopter.
The dystopia of the cyberpunk world, which was constantly being expanded, was unfolding there. Not a story in a novel or movie, but right here where he stands.
Squeak.
And then a shadow appeared toward the top of the tower.
Everywhere on the black uniform was stained with blood. Nevertheless, he was fine without a single wound. It wasn’t surprising. Because the monsters and traps in this labyrinth won’t be able to even scratch that monster.
Seeing this, the male castle lord of the Black Dragon Fortress adjusted his weapon, the ‘Dokgogu Sword’.
“How do you feel about reaching the end of the tower that humans have built?”
“It was hell.”
The King of Heroes answered the man’s words.
“Even now, towers are being built all over the world to accommodate those who have nowhere to go. Thanks to those who have a contract with the lord of machinery, they are towers in the gutter that can accommodate people at low cost and with high efficiency. “This is one of the benefits that
the world of towers is giving us .”
“Isn’t it truly miserable?”
“Are you so sensitive that you wantonly kill innocent people?”
“Oh, I don’t really like that work either. “My lord only wishes for their suffering.”
“…Contractor Unknown (Unnamed)
Yooseong opened his mouth.
“In the first season, I lost my family and was taken to the Black Dragon Citadel. After that, I worked as a contractor for a criminal organization. Then, he emerged as a player in season 3. “When he was about to stand out as a celestial ranker, his past as a contractor was revealed, so he stopped his activities and began working as a powerhouse in the deep sea.”
The King of Heroes finally revealed his true identity, and the man ‘Nameless’ laughed.
“I wanted to be a hero and I couldn’t be one. “So you hated heroes?”
“Do you think you can know me with just a few lines of information?”
“Why do you want to confess in detail?”
“Here in Hokuryong Fortress, you can’t even go down to the first floor without permission. “Criminal organizations are working in tandem with the Hong Kong government and are watching them like prisoners.”
The face of the little guide suddenly came to mind. There is nothing to worry about right now because Black Mang is protecting the little boy by hiding in his shadow.
“You have to go to the outskirts of the fort to see the sunlight, and you even have to pay a separate seat fee to bask in the sun. “They live like animals, hunting and eating rats in places where there is no light, and receiving bitter waste from the upper floors.”
The reality of the dark and miserable slums of this world. There was a festering wound there.
“I will do anything to get out of this gutter.”
The man adjusted the hilt of the sword and said. Just like the little guide said once while strengthening his resolve.
“He is loyal to the Chinese Communist Party and assassinates the independence faction of the Hong Kong government… When the hero of the Chinese government gives up shining like a clown in the spotlight, I am willing to cut off his life.” “Verse 3 is over.
”
Yooseong answered coldly and kicked the ground.
Kaang
The shooting star and the man’s poisonous sword collided at a high altitude.
However, regardless of the clash between the two players, an untold number of machines were building the tower.
The wind blew.
Dusk fell in the middle of a strong wind that was almost blinding, and the darkness of the night covered us.
Kaang!
Nevertheless, just as the two players clashed their swords in silence, the machine also did not stop or stop its work. Every time the steel collides and makes a metallic sound, new bricks are just being stacked endlessly.
While the two players were clashing swords, a new floor of a house was built near them. With this, the number of people that the Black Dragon Fortress can accommodate has increased by one more.
The finale is where the world will regain its own peace through the actions of heroes, and those who have nowhere to go will reach peace.
It was the tower in the gutter of the Hokuryong Fortress right there.
“Those clowns who don’t know anything about the darkness of the world and are drunk on playing heroes in the spotlight…
The man was swinging the sword again. Every time the sword was swung, eighteen to twenty-seven swordsmen poured out and rushed in.
Each time, Yoosung was also controlling the intangible swordsmen through swordsmanship and wielding the Sword of the Heavenly Demon to confront them.
The shadows of the swords interlocked endlessly, creating a chord of steel.
And every time he countered the endless rain of Dokgogu Sword, the tip of Yoo Seong’s sword trembled faintly and began to resonate.
Another effect inherent in Heavenly Demon Advent.
. When you clash swords with a strong person, you can absorb some of the target’s experiences and memories. (New!)
Every time the swords clashed, the man’s memories flowed in.
A hitman from the Black Dragon Citadel, a heinous criminal, and the ghost of his past that he could not escape was following him like a scarlet letter.
The desperate struggle to survive in this hell became shackles and held his ankles. No matter how much he washed, the gutter-smelling, sewage residue that permeated his body did not go away.
He couldn’t be a hero or anything. So all he could do was cause pain to a hateful world.
Fu
…….
The sword was swung again, and the sound of metal clashing did not sound. The sword of dark frost plunged into the man’s heart. Yooseong took a deep breath.
‘I deliberately cut my heart…!’
“Ah again. …
Blood poured out from the man’s mouth.
“I feel the pain that cannot kill me.”
Even in the face of that blow, the man smiled coldly. In the world inside the tower, players cannot kill other players. The same goes for labyrinths. That’s why Yoosung remained silent.
“And this pain will make me stronger.”
“…It depends on how you define a fall as ‘pain given by someone.’”
After silence, Yoosung opened his mouth and stabbed the hilt of the sword in the man’s heart.
Puuk
Meteor’s dark frost blade tore off the man’s limbs, and he kicked him with all his might.
“Do you know the saying that falling has no wings?”
Without sympathy or anything, the body began to fall alone, just like his victims.
To the bottom of the Tower of Babel rising toward the sky,
to the bottom of the gutter from which the man struggled so desperately to escape.
That was it.
[《The Labyrinth of the Hedgehog Fortress＞ has been cleared!]
[Player —— has done 1.]
[As a clear reward, you can take one piece of equipment owned by an enemy player! ]
[Skill 《Descent of the Heavenly Demon Jin〉 craves his weapon!]
[Please choose one piece of equipment to take!]
— The sword of one who craves defeat, “Dokgogu Sword” (Myth)
（omitted）
