034. Conquest War (3)
Right after the trials on the 6th floor started, I never thought that something like this would happen.
「The achievement ‘Traitor’ has been achieved.」
“…”
I wonder what the hell the deceased challenger was thinking.
Was it a simple madman or a strategic attack?
Either way, I wouldn’t have stretched my sword straight through the portal with normal thinking.
It must have been an outstretched weapon because he had the intention of killing someone.
“shit.”
I was not careless.
Obviously, he thought that his teammates might betray him and that there would be quite a few challengers armed with mental resistance.
However, this tactic is not a matter of carelessness.
‘I thought anyone would just die and stab me with a knife.’
Just because the portal was created belatedly, they assumed that there would be someone beyond the portal.
And based on that speculation, there was no way he could cope with the action of throwing a knife.
If another challenger had been here instead of me, it would have been more than enough to pierce the forehead.
The reason I didn’t was simply because I was overwhelming in terms of ability.
“…why do you think you’re in this situation so often?”
I narrowed my eyes when I saw the fallen challenger’s corpse with his heart pierced.
The challenger of the other world and the team members of the 6th floor trials.
I fully realized what it meant to be followed by misfortune.
In an ordeal with a team member, the only member of the team died from the start.
‘This is the worst development.’
If one of the other challengers has an intact team member, that side has an advantage.
‘It would be better to check the movements of other challengers as much as possible.’
The moment I turned my head thinking that it would be better to do so now.
I couldn’t help but open my eyes at the sight in front of me.
“Ha ha ha ha! What an achievement! My strength has really increased!”
“Damn, I never heard of a prize fight!”
“Please… save me. Four potions…”
Blood splashed here and there, and at the same time, screams like deaf ears rang out from all directions.
Excitement, anger, bewilderment, despair, longing, regret, etc…
Dozens of emotions mix together and resonate as if it were music.
‘…Rather, I was on the good side.’
Others were more serious than I was.
It makes me wonder if hell exists here.
“Everyone is insane…”
He didn’t focus on the contents of the ordeal and just killed his teammates for the reason that he could get an achievement.
They also murdered in various ways, making it difficult for them to open their eyes.
Even if you are blind, you feel that you are firmly distant.
Forgetting what really matters and prioritizing achievements over trials.
Most of them are distracted by the benefits in front of them, but there is another important thing.
‘To occupy one of the four tiles.’
That was the condition for breaking through the ordeal, but I didn’t expect to forget that and fight like that.
Of course, in the meantime, I can see people moving on the tiles in a hurry.
“shit! If you fall into the water, your stats will decrease, so be careful!”
“Other tiles are shaking… I can’t keep my balance!”
“Huh! Save me! I can’t get out of the water…!”
They didn’t have a very good ending either.
‘When I fall into the water, my stats decrease and the tiles shake whenever I move.’
Looking at the other challengers, I was able to get some information about the terrain.
Indeed, it is full of dangerous elements, just like the trials of the Tower of Trials.
Of course…
‘Well, it’s quite easy.’
It wasn’t to the extent that it could impede my movement.
Chow ah ah ah ah!
It just needs not to touch the water in the first place, and even the sliding tiles can’t shake me.
If you think about the sum of your physical abilities, you can never lose your balance.
It was only natural that the challengers from the other world were weaker than me in terms of physical abilities.
Rather, the 5th floor ordeal felt more difficult.
Tong Tong Tong.
Rather, this rocking movement only makes it easier to ride the rhythm.
While moving the tiles according to the rhythm, most of them are still unable to move.
The process of breaking through the ordeal is so smooth that it makes no sense to be nervous that a team member just died.
‘If I reach the tile as it is, will the ordeal end?’
Took.
Continuing with that thought, I stepped on the red tile at the end…
“Continue to occupy the southern tile.”
It seems that the ordeal did not end as easily as I thought.
「If another team enters the tile, the occupation process is stopped.」
「Do not allow other enemies to capture the tile.」
「However, if the other team does not enter the tile, the occupation process does not stop.」
「Remaining time – 9 Minutes 59 seconds」
“Occupation…”
It became clear what the subject of the ordeal, ‘occupation war’, meant.
It’s just that the concept of siege and Mercury has been slightly changed.
Just in case there is something that can be said to be a problem.
‘It must mean that the occupation conditions are quite difficult.’
To hold on to this tile for 10 minutes in this chaos
.
Even if it was alone, it would be easier to lose the occupied land.
Fortunately, the other challengers also lost quite a few team members.
After taking a quick look at the situation around me, I was soon convinced.
‘I can last long enough.’
It seemed that there were no talented people around him like a challenger from the other world.
Most of them are unable to cross the tiles properly and are wandering with their feet tied to the terrain.
It was colorless to be nervous because I had to kill my teammates from the start.
‘From the beginning, most of them received a low grade in the 5th floor settlement, so it has to be that way.’
The high-ranking challengers who immediately took on the ordeal must be on the other side of the 6th floor.
The other challengers belatedly challenged the ordeal on the 6th floor.
Of course, there must be a small number of people who came up late because they used a hearthstone or for some reason.
People like me were like that.
It was then.
“…go south! The guy in the southern tile is alone!”
Suddenly, I feel that the eyes of the people around me are focused on this side at the words someone shouted.
“It’s real. It seems that he can’t even use magic related to siege…”
“No. Seeing as I don’t have any team members, I could be doing that to build up achievements.”
“Even if you fail three times, what else would you do but die! I charge!”
There were some negative reactions, but most seemed to see me as a tempting target.
I frowned as I watched the challengers sneak up on me.
“This is a pretty bad flow.”
Confused by someone’s instigation, the eyes of the battlefield turned to me.
‘Wherever you go, there are always people who engage in politics.’
The same goes for a writer named ‘Hyedi Gongdu’ who has been constantly politicizing since the ordeal on the 4th floor.
In the midst of this, the male challenger said that the south tile was a hole and slipped behind himself.
However, that did not cause dissatisfaction.
‘Well, this is within the expected range.’
Most things in the Tower of Trials can be solved by force.
The five challengers don’t seem to be on the same team… but they
come this way without fighting each other, perhaps recognizing me as a common enemy.
They didn’t notice that they had been instigated, but they didn’t want to waste time informing them.
‘Even if it wasn’t so, I had to raise the proficiency of Necromancy, but it worked.’
It was a special ordeal or an integrated ordeal, but to me this ordeal was no different from an event.
It’s also a unique characteristic proficiency and, if you’re lucky, a super-thin event where you can get the skill.
“Now it’s a bit like the Tower of Trials.”
Looking at the approaching challengers, I smiled lightly.
After a long time, I felt like I could make big growth.
***
Actually, you don’t have to kill them all.
As the Tower of Trials stated, if you endure the 10 minutes required to occupy a tile, you will pass the ordeal.
If you wanted to see that much, you could have seen it.
All the challengers in front of me were practically weaker than me, so I could have sent them to other tiles.
Maybe that would increase their odds of survival.
but.
‘Even if I do, it’s just hypocrisy.’
Even if you send it to another tile, someone will eventually die.
It is the same whether the challenger occupying the original tile or the challenger encroaching on the tile.
Either one fails the ordeal by being kicked off the tile and dies.
So if you decided to fight, there was no need to harbor any feelings.
As I judged in the waiting room on the 6th floor, it is not my role to judge right from wrong… I also
felt keenly that being a low-ranking challenger does not deserve sympathy.
And it wasn’t that different from being an opponent.
“Get lost!”
The challengers acted swiftly as they were aiming for the occupation of the southern tile.
In an instant, a male challenger jabbed at me with a spear.
Other challengers who saw it also took hostile actions.
“Damn this judge! Heart bond!”
「The pain is shared between player ‘Kim Jin-hyeon’ and player ‘Han Seong-yoon’ by the unique characteristic ‘Heart Binding’.”
Kung…!
For a moment, I felt as if a lump of lead had been placed on my heart, and that message came to mind.
share the pain?
‘Again, is it a unique characteristic of a system that uses magic?’
Perhaps it was because he did not have any skills related to exorcism, he was struck by his unique characteristics without even having time to resist.
If it was a physical skill, I would have been able to somehow block or avoid it… but since
I couldn’t defend against this type of attack, I couldn’t help but frown.
‘I’ll have to learn skills related to exorcism later.’
Even in the midst of such thoughts, the body made full use of skillful movements.
Grasp the thrusting spear with your left hand, kick off the tile, jump up, and decapitate the enemy.
Stand up…!
「The achievement ‘One Hit Kill’ has been achieved.」
「The skill ‘Contempt for the weak (F)’ has been created.」
A message saying that I got something came to mind, but I didn’t even have time to feel the inspiration.
‘There are only three left.’
There are still enemies in front of you, so you can’t be relieved.
Moved quickly from a tile being occupied to another tile.
Apparently, among the phrases that came to mind when stepping on the tile was this.
「However, if no other team enters the tile, the occupation process does not stop.」
As long as no other team enters the tile, the occupation does not stop.
This means that moving to another tile will not interrupt the occupation process.
There’s nothing good about letting people do something more, so it’s better to go first.
‘It’s better to deal with it quickly.’
「The skill ‘Contempt for the weak’ is activated.」 「All 5 of
the 5 stats are enemies with lower values than the user.
」
The obtained skill was activated, and vibrancy filled the body.
I was interested in the newly acquired skill, but soon laughed at the message that floated in the air.
‘All five of the five abilities are worse opponents than me…’
Except for certain parts, they are not even opponents to stand against.
“You monster, what kind of power is that strong…!”
“What is this…”
“Damn it, stop it! A wizard! Hit the shield!”
“Damn you bastard, don’t you think magic is omnipotent! How do you hit a shield in a terrain like this!”
Tong Tong Tong.
Whether it was because of the skill called ‘Contempt for the Weak’ that was just activated, or it was originally like that, the enemies fell into a state of panic.
Even while crossing the tile, the sight of them fighting made me sigh.
‘If it were me, I would have gone to another tile or used the water underneath.’
Water under the tile will reduce its abilities if it touches it.
That’s why there are people who fall below, and I’m not very happy with the decrease in stats.
If I had used that, I might have been kept in check, but…
Rather, it was pitiful that they were using those elements to tie their feet.
‘What happened?’
In the first place, the place where I will be is not on the 6th floor.
Originally, it was supposed to be on a higher level where those who directly participated in the ordeal would be, but… It
was just that climbing the tower was delayed because I was simply returning to Earth and preoccupying this and that.
Maybe it’s a natural situation since we’re facing low-ranking contenders.
If you want a higher level of combat…
‘I have to go higher.’
To a place with stronger challengers, to a place with more dangerous trials.
Even if you only deal with these people, it is difficult to become dramatically stronger.
Assuming that the Tower of Trials isn’t even a crappy system.
There is no way you can get a good reward for this type of massacre.
In order to grow, you have to go up to the front line like them again.
And in order to do that…
“I’ll have to finish all of these things first.”
Only then will he be able to see the end of the 6th floor ordeal.
