_ Volume 7, Chapter 15
165. Forced Return (2)
“I will accept it.”
Taesan nodded.
There was no reason to refuse an additional reward.
Most of all, Taesan was also angry. This time, it was no different from a sniper aiming precisely at the moment he was about to meet the god of magic. It was a naive trick
that made it obvious that he was trying to stop him from meeting the god of magic and becoming stronger
.
[Subquest accepted.]
The God of Magic smiled satisfactorily.
[good. When you come back here, come visit the poor poor child again. Then, I will give you an intermediate level magic test.]
“I understand.”
The magic god clenched his fists. The shaking of Taishan’s body became stronger and stronger. The magic god spoke to him as he tried to return to Earth.
[They will try to kill you.]
There was no need to ask who they were.
And after a while, Taishan returned to Earth.
He took a deep breath first. I could feel the earth’s unique air. It was the air of a hometown that was qualitatively different from Labyrinth.
Taesan looked away.
“Wait a minute.”
“What is this? Why, why so suddenly?”
Until now, all returns to Earth
had a long delay, so people were confused by the sudden return.
Taesan tried to find Junhyeok Kang, Taeyeon Lee, Joonggeun Keum and Huiyeon Kim among them.
Then one of them recognized Kang Tae-san and shouted.
“Kang Tae-san!”
“sir?”
Taesan frowned. Their gazes all turned to Taesan.
“This is Kang Tae-san!”
“Taesan! Please save me!”
They flocked to Taishan like fanatics rushing at the cult leader.
“Taesan! Taesan!”
“please! Let me touch you just once!”
Seeing their madness, Taesan kicked his feet with a puzzled face.
People cheered at the sight of him moving along the walls of buildings in an instant.
Taesan clicked his tongue at the
voices resonating throughout the realm .
‘What is this really?’
[Your holy power has increased by 1%.]
“Why does this increase again?”
He grumbled and moved to the tallest building to start scouting. Lee Tae-yeon, Kang Jun-hyuk, Kim Hwi-yeon and Keum Joong-geun were quickly found and moved.
“Ouch!”
They caught them and brought them all to the roof of the building. Unable to resist, they were dragged in
and looked at
Taesan with dumbfounded faces .
“older brother. It looks like real lightning. Why are you so fast?”
Geum Joong-geun was possessed with a laugh. I was proud that I had become stronger, but I couldn’t even react. It reminded me of the gap that I had forgotten about.
“That’s done. What the hell are these people doing?”
Taesan frowned and looked down at the building.
People were cheering for Mount Tai.
“Haven’t you seen the community?”
“I’ve seen it, but I didn’t expect it to be this far.”
It was not at the level of simply liking it or thinking of it as a benefactor.
It was literally worship itself.
“That’s it.”
Kim Hwi-yeon explained with an ambiguous face.
“Actually, it wasn’t even this far.”
According to her, originally, it was at the level of considering Taishan as a benefactor
.
He was endowed with the talent of struggle and death, and was able to clear floors that would otherwise be impossible to clear. It was something that any sane person would be grateful for, and the name of Mount Tai actually came up on people’s lips.
And at some point, followers of Taesan appeared.
There weren’t many at first. Follow-up was not too excessive. However, those who followed Taishan rapidly increased their ranks.
The flow that started with Easy Mode
was now spreading at an astonishing speed, regardless of Normal Hard Mode.
“Thanks to me, it’s a mess too. What did you and Tae-san talk about? What words did he give you? While doing this.”
“We’re in single mode, so that doesn’t happen.”
“Isn’t the community noisy though? Were other people upset?”
“ah. It is.”
Junhyeok Kang shook his head. People in standalone mode who are still having a hard time on the single digit floor .
They questioned Lee Tae-yeon and Kang Jun-hyeok about various things.
“It is too much. It’s a nuisance to Taesan and us. But there is no way to stop it.”
“Can’t you just say something to your brother? Please do it in moderation.”
They didn’t want people to worship Mount Tai too much. Joong-geun, who had been listening quietly, said.
“Is it necessary?”
“yes?”
“I don’t think there is any need to stop worshiping
.”
“Aren’t you bothered? You’re in the way.”
“But thanks to them, they got peace of mind.”
At Joong-geun’s words, Kim Hwi-yeon hesitated. Joong-geun continued with a bitter smile.
“Brother or sister. And even if you’re a strong-minded person like Taeyeon or Junhyuk, ordinary people need a place to rest their hearts.”
“I’m not strong…
Lee Tae-yeon muttered, but everyone ignored it. Hwiyeon Kim said.
“God…
“Does it make us believe in God in this situation?”
Monsters that attacked the Earth. and labyrinth. Intermittent forced return and a broken Earth.
All of which could not have happened if God had protected them. Those who believed in religion either died like that or developed a disbelief in their hearts while going down the labyrinth.
Taesan was like that too. He, too, called the name of God at first. However, in the middle,
I erased the very existence of God from my head.
People wanted to believe in God, but couldn’t believe in God.
Taesan murmured.
“Is that subject me?”
“Perhaps. Because he gave us strength.”
People rely on the existence of Mount Tai and have a resting place for their minds.
Taesan looked at the people looking up at him from the ground.
There was no despair or gloom on their faces.
He only saw envy toward Mount Tai.
At the third return of the previous life, people’s expressions were not like that. A return quest appeared and not a few people committed suicide leaving a will in the community.
Considering that a fairly high percentage of the deaths of those who died while descending the labyrinth were suicides, it meant that people gained peace of mind, and it was very likely that Taesan would bring stability to those people. “But
you don’t have to do anything for them .
Just pretend you didn’t see it. I want them to be able to rely on something to give them a place to rest in their hearts.”
Joong-geun said with a bitter face. The others couldn’t even open their mouths.
“Of course, that is too rude to say. Everyone relies on you, but to make you feel this kind of pressure… you can do whatever you feel comfortable with.”
“it’s okay.”
Taesan shook his head.
“Can’t you just not care? It’s not that difficult. doesn’t care.”
Joong-geun’s face brightened.
♦
Taesan didn’t react positively to people after that, but he didn’t avoid them.
I accepted their worship without hesitation and moved on. Then the people’s
worship toward him grew stronger.
[Your divine power has risen by 1%.]
Then, your divine power proficiency rose again.
When I came here, I couldn’t help but notice.
Every time people worshiped him, divine power was rising.
“Still, there are plenty of things that are useless.”
The divine power had no value at the moment. It was a skill that could be used in conjunction with some other skill, but he
did not even know what kind of skill it was.
Still, it didn’t feel bad to see that I was climbing steadily.
Taishan calmly accepted their worship, and the people slowly began to do their own thing.
Finally, simple cultivation has begun to show results.
“Oh oh!”
People burst into amazement at the growing vegetables.
In just five minutes, the corn was growing perfectly.
“The taste is good too!”
“In this way…
People were happy that the food problem was solved. And he showed respect again to Tae-san, who taught him the skill of growing liver.
Even in a peaceful life, a new special quest has appeared for a while.
[A week later. Go to Seoul City Hall.]
“It is finally Seoul.”
People started preparing. They gathered their weapons and gathered food
. Few people felt fear or fear, perhaps because of the presence of Mount Tai.
And Taesan had work to do as Taesan did.
he waved his sword.
“Come and see.”
Lee Tae-yeon raised her sword with a frightened face.
“Did you learn swordsmanship?”
“The proficiency level is 0%…
“I’m trying to raise that, so
come see me. The stats are set equally, so why are you scared?”
At Taesan’s urging, Lee Taeyeon barely made up her mind and rushed at Taesan.
“yap!”
Taesan waved his sword. He smoothly cut Lee Taeyeon’s sword and hit her on the shoulder.
“Ugh!”
“Because I don’t do that.”
Taesan explained as if he was frustrated.
“You learned to be possessed and strong, right? Bring out the sensation of learning that into your body .
And use it as a sword.”
“Even if you said that…
Lee Taeyeon’s face was that she didn’t know.
Taesan stroked his chin. The ghost chuckled.
[Isn’t it difficult?]
“I don’t think I’ll be a good teacher.”
The swordsmanship he created. Ability Sword.
In the title of master swordsman, it was written that the transfer of swordsmanship was possible.
Another goal during this return was to teach swordsmanship. Since the effect of the ability sword is an effect, if you can learn it, your chances of clearing it will greatly increase. So, Taesan was in the process of teaching the ability sword to Lee Taeyeon and Kang Junhyeok.
He couldn’t learn skills outside the labyrinth, but the ability sword seemed to have no problems with the skill itself, perhaps because it was a skill he created himself.
But that wasn’t the problem.
When Taesan first learned the Storm Scar’s sword, his proficiency started at 0%. So the ghost said that it would take a lot of hard work to raise the mastery level, and Taesan solved the hardship with a skill level up potion.
However, Lee Tae-yeon and Kang Jun-hyeok did not have special items such as mastery-up potions, so they had no choice but to raise their proficiency on their own.
“You are next.”
Junhyeok Kang came running with his eyes shining.
Taesan blocked the sword and gave advice.
“Did you say that you learned to shed and attack counters?”
“yes!”
Both came down beyond the 10th floor. It was a level to have one or two useful skills.
“Remember when I got the skill. And spread that sense into a sword.”
Taesan’s sword moved smoothly. I let go of Kang Jun-hyeok’s sword and hit him in the chest.
“Keugh!”
Junhyeok Kang collapsed. Taesan
muttered calmly.
“It is not easy.”
“Even if you tell me to open it with a sword…
Kang Jun-hyeok grumbled and stood up. Kim Hwi-yeon, who was watching, opened her mouth.
“I’m still envious. We never learn.”
Taesan tried to teach the ability sword to Kim Hwiyeon and Keum Joonggeun as well. However, the transmission itself did not take place.
“Is it because it’s hard mode?”
“That’s not to say that other Alone mode folks
are too bad.”
I tried to teach it to Alone mode people who are still in the single digits, but it was not passed on as well. The only possible ones were Lee Tae-yeon and Kang Jun-hyeok.
“Anyway, you have to learn.”
Taesan calmly raised his sword.
“That way people won’t die.”
He cannot do everything alone.
You can save a few people, but you can’t save a lot of people. That’s
why Lee Tae-yeon and Kang Jun-hyeok’s help was needed all the more.
The two gritted their teeth and raised their swords.
Time passed like that.
After a week, they started heading to Seoul.
Level up with skill
