– Volume 5, Chapter 20,
120. Deciding the King (1)
And the people in Yongin’s Iji and Normal mode were somehow rigid.
I refused to speak with them in a gloomy atmosphere. The only things that seemed confident were the hard modes.
“…It must be the difference in strength.”
Hard mode can survive without problems. But Izzy and Normal are not.
Kim Hwi-yeon thought it was the difference.
Time goes by like that. After two days, people from other areas started arriving one by one.
“Hee hee hee.”
Their numbers are noticeably less. It was because there was no one who could cover everything alone like Taesan, so he died a lot during the move.
Kim Hwi-yeon brought them into the Yongin City Hall with a sad face.
Gradually, the vast vacancy of the site was being filled.
Taesan lazily sat on the roof of the building.
There was nothing to do.
For a week after the special quest ended, there was nothing to actively move. Going to rescue people from other areas was also impossible as the moment they arrived at Yongin City Hall, they were blocked from going outside.
It meant that we had to wait quietly at City Hall for two days.
Taesan looked at the ground
and saw a fight in Taesan’s gaze.
Lee Tae-yeon and Kang Jun-hyeok were fighting words with what seemed to be Yongin’s hard mode players.
As I concentrated, I heard their voices.
“what?”
“Are your ears blocked? I’m saying don’t act like you’re in Alone mode.”
“It’s not a protruding action, just to stop it…
“That’s a protruding action.”
At Lee Tae-yeon’s words, the man in hard mode
distorted his face.
“We are free to do what we do with the Easy Mode guys. it’s our right Are you guys trying to stop that?”
“There is a reason the community made noise. What are you so noisy about?”
Kang Jun-hyeok’s face hardened at the smirk.
He put strength into the hand holding the sword.
“You guys…
“What? Where are you going to open your eyes when the blood isn’t even dry on your head yet?”
“stop.”
A dull voice rang out. Hardmode players looked away and their faces lit up.
Seojangsan frowned and approached.
“What’s the fuss?”
“ah. King.”
“king’?”
Junhyeok Kang frowned. the king is It was a word that did not go well with modern society, but Seo Jang-san calmly accepted it and opened his mouth.
“okay. what’s the matter?”
“No big deal. Because they have broken the law set forth by the king.”
“Oh, you broke it. I just didn’t have to do that…
Lee Tae-yeon stuttered in tears. Seo Jangsan ignored her words and stroked her chin.
“You can’t break the law. Then you must be punished.”
Seo Jang-san sent a cold gaze to Lee Tae-yeon and Kang Jun-hyeok. A gaze that was never seen when he was with Kim Hwi-yeon.
Kang Tae-san felt that gaze
was like that of an arrogant king.
After thinking for a moment, Seo Jang-san nodded.
“Originally, the death penalty, but…
“The death penalty?”
Lee Tae-yeon let out a shrill scream.
“Since you did it unknowingly, I can’t punish you that much. Then simply…
“What are you talking about?”
Hearing the voice behind him, Seo Jang-san hurriedly turned around.
Taesan smiled and looked at them
.
“Can you hug me too?”
“Who are you to dare…
“Stop.”
Seo Jang-san cut off the hard mode player who did not recognize Tae-san’s identity and was trying to shout something.
Seojangsan slowly withdrew.
“…It is nothing. She was talking about breaking order.”
“law? who decides that? you?”
Taesan laughed.
“You are the owner of this place, but you are not the king. I don’t want you to force your laws on us?”
“This is it!”
With a sneer, one of the hard mode players moved. He took out his sword and struck down Mount Tai. Taesan moved his body with a troubled face.
“What is this again?”
“This profit!”
Hard mode players
continued to swing their swords without stopping.
It was obviously fast. It was a move that easily transcended human limits as much as it survived the hard mode.
However, it did not even touch Taesan.
Taesan was avoiding all of them by shaking his body lightly in place.
“Uh huh?”
A look of astonishment appeared in the eyes of those who were watching. The attacking man was more insane.
I was just moving. Its movements were also visibly slow.
However, his attack did not reach at all.
It meant that the gap was so huge that it could be avoided even if it moved slowly.
“Die!”
With the words filled with screams, the sword came down on Taesan’s head.
Taesan reached out and grabbed the sword. The man’s body jerked and stopped.
“Is it self-defense?”
Taesan clenched his fists. I pulled out all the muscles in my body and swung as slowly and as weakly as possible.
A hardmode player bounced off the cue stick.
[51 damage to Kim Gu-hwan.]
The trapped Kim Gu-hwan wriggled. Seo Jang-san was shocked without even realizing it.
“51?”
Unimaginable damage was visible to him. Taesan muttered as he waved his gauntlet.
“It’s well controlled.”
he said with a smile.
“Do you want more?”
“…No no.”
Seojangsan tried to hide his agitation as he spoke.
“sorry. I will punish you for attacking you recklessly.”
As Taesan took the fallen hard mode player and retreated, Taesan calmly spoke.
“This is the last time I’m going to make a mess. I will kill you next time.”
Home Chit.
Seo Jang-san’s body trembled momentarily.
The hard mode player suddenly ran at Seo Jang-san’s instructions.
I know Taeyeon Lee and Junhyuk Kang are similar to hard mode players, but Taesan’s case was unknown.
He asked Kim Hwi-yeon about this and that, but heard nothing but floating stories, so his intention was to find out how strong Taesan was.
Taesan knew that
and said that he would only look at it this time.
“…remember.”
He swallowed and left.
Kang Jun-hyeok, who was still, burst into anger.
“Those scumbags!”
It was the first time Kang Jun-hyeok, who always smiled and was confident, got angry.
“Why are you quietly listening!”
“Ha, but I don’t want to fight…
“You’re fighting over there! What can I do to avoid that!”
Kang Jun-hyeok pounded his chest as if he was frustrated. Lee Tae-yeon bowed her head.
Taesan asked with a smile.
“What happened? Please explain.”
Kang Jun-hyeok started to explain in an excited tone with a sigh.
“I was taking a walk in the park and my sister was being cornered by them. I didn’t know what was going on, so I listened quietly until I heard a few harsh sounds. I couldn’t stand it, so I interrupted. sister. tell me What is it for
?”
“Oh no, it’s nothing…
Lee Taeyeon explained slowly. Kang Jun-hyeok’s face slowly contorted, and when Lee Tae-yeon’s explanation was over, he couldn’t hold back his anger and stomped his feet.
“You did well! Why are those guys more confident!”
Lee Tae-yeon’s explanation was as follows.
She had seen a group of men persecuting a woman while taking a walk in the park.
At first, I was scared and tried not to intervene, but
I hurriedly intervened when I saw that it was getting more and more violent.
The woman was somehow sent back, but the men continued to press Lee Tae-yeon for breaking order.
“What did you say they broke the law? Seojangsan. king of this place? The guy who said the same thing.”
Junhyeok Kang spat out with a distorted face.
“brother. Isn’t this a strange place?”
“Why do you think so?”
“There is no Alone Mode, and there are few Izzy or Normal Modes, and their behavior is strange. At first, I thought
it was just that, but it’s getting more and more annoying.”
“If it’s weird, it’s weird, and if it’s not, it’s not. rest for now Since you smashed it, I won’t touch you anymore.”
“Ah yes.”
“Thank you. Mr. Taesan.”
Taesan said goodbye and left them.
Certainly Kang Jun-hyeok was quick-witted compared to Lee Tae-yeon.
He went up to the roof again and looked down.
How long had he been observing it,
a familiar approached Taesan.
“older brother.”
“What are you doing here?”
Joong-geun opened his mouth with a bitter smile.
“I heard there was a commotion earlier.”
“There was something similar.”
” sorry.”
Joong-geun said with an apologetic face.
“Anyway, among the hard mode players, there are a few people who have extreme tempers. When I told Jangsan hyung, he said
that he was in trouble because he couldn’t control himself.”
From Taesan’s point of view, Seojangsan seemed to be leading the fight, but Joonggeun didn’t seem to know that.
“I said I would be careful next time. That won’t happen anymore.”
“I don’t really care. It’s nothing for you to apologize for.”
“I am still a hard mode player. I’m not even familiar with them.”
Most of the people in Hardmode were familiar with each other. The people who had a quarrel with Lee Tae-yeon this time
were acquainted with Jung-geun. So he was feeling sorry.
Joong-geun left with an apologetic face until the end.
Taesan looked at the ground.
On the ground, the scene Lee Tae-yeon had spoken of was unfolding.
Hard mode players who persecute and harass Easy and Normal mode.
It was like a relationship between an aristocrat and a slave.
“It was like that in the world before.”
[Unpleasant.]
The ghost’s tone was annoyed.
[It’s like the guides of sin. Nasty and lowly things are everywhere.]
“Don’t you feel sorry for that side of the comparison?”
At least, the guides of sin recognized the strong. On the other hand, Seojangsan only accepted hard mode players, so the quality was worse.
Hard mode players. Excluding the Alone mode, the strongest beings.
they were varied. There were people who despaired of reality like Keum Joong-geun, and there were people who tried to save everyone like Kim Hwi-yeon.
And there were also those who wanted to seize power.
that he should lead them all.
The one who claimed that only hard mode was the main role to save the world.
A person who wanted to return to the Middle Ages, following all kinds of rules and orders.
The one who suppressed easy and normal players and elevated hard mode to the rank of nobility.
That was Seojangsan Mountain.
For Seo Jang-san, the Alone mode player was a thorn in the eye. It was because Alone Mode, who was stronger than them, was an existence that directly denied his plans.
They must have wanted to use numbers to suppress and subdue them. In fact, Lee Tae-yeon in her previous life had meekly bowed down. Her temper itself didn’t like fighting, and she couldn’t handle all of the hard modes on her own.
But now it was impossible.
It’s not just Lee Tae-yeon, but Kang Jun-hyeok and him too.
“It’s stupid.”
Even if it wasn’t for that, Seo Jangsan’s plan would fail.
Easy and normal modes were obviously weak. Based on the time of clearing, no matter how much you gathered, you couldn’t beat a single hard mode player.
But that was the story of clearing the labyrinth.
There was not much difference between them now. Even easy players
could kill hard players if they risked their lives.
Choi Joong-hyeok was the basis. Even as an Easy Mode player, he had been in power for a long time and survived. Longer than Seojangsan.
“But I won’t give up.”
[Because those guys are obsessed with what they have until the moment they are lost.]
All of Taesan’s information is the story of the previous world. Now, Seo Jang-san must be full of confidence. The only thought would be to trample the mountain and become the owner of this group.
“I said it was the last time, so
I won’t have any regrets.”
Taesan stood up.
And two days passed.
It was the last day of the quest to gather in Yongin.
There are 20 cities in southern Gyeonggi. A total of twenty groups were supposed to arrive, but did not.
A group where only a few hundred people barely survived.
Or groups that never even arrived. A group
that was lucky to be close and
arrived without major damage.
As time went on, the number of groups that came gradually decreased. On the last day, contrary to their expectations, the number barely exceeded 100,000.
A depressing atmosphere pervaded the city hall. He was saddened that his friend hadn’t arrived, and disheartened that everyone in southern Gyeonggi was all there was.
But that mood didn’t last long.
Calmly and brutally, Quest appeared in front of them.
[Special quest begins.]
[Choose your king.]
[The king can assign roles to people. Roles are not compulsory, but there are great benefits to following them. There is a penalty if you do not follow the king’s orders consecutively.]
[Whoever kills the king will receive a heavy penalty.] [
If you have chosen the king, survive.]
[Make food and defend your land. Build a barrier and block the monsters. Waves will attack at regular intervals.]
[Survival period: 1 month]
[Reward: Depending on your performance, you will be paid differently when you return to the labyrinth.]
[In some cases, you can change the king. You can.]
[When changing the king, there is a great benefit to those who have been most involved.]
Level up with skills.
