– Volume 15, Chapter 24,
374 (Side story). Earth perishing. Taeyeon Lee (4)
“It hurts. it hurts. It hurts…
“My arm!”
People’s screams and moans fill the space.
Lee Taeyeon clenched her fists with a hard face.
They narrowly won against the monsters.
But it was a painful victory. About half of the players died and many of those who survived were seriously injured.
The nest she and the people had desperately built was completely destroyed.
Woo Q ”
Lee Tae-yeon barely suppressed the emotions that rose up in the moment. I’ve seen countless horrors. She thought she was used to it now, but that was her mistake. The smell of death and fear still lingered.
Lee Taeyeon gritted her teeth and moved.
She took out the items she had.
Purified the miasma of the land and rearranged the area again. He treated the injured and cleaned up all remaining monsters.
After her desperate efforts, she was barely able to finish.
“what. what is it What the hell…
But the confusion didn’t subside. Those who had hope for
Lee Tae-yeon’s existence were again in despair with the appearance of the monster that even she had struggled to prevent.
At the time when Lee Tae-yeon was hesitant, unable to do anything about them, Tae-san spoke calmly.
“Wake. Are you going to die in despair when you risked your life to survive?”
A cold voice hit the survivors’ ears.
“wake up. We are the last survivors of the Earth. How many deaths have we overcome and are we just
going to give up on this?”
People gritted it. Despair and sadness slowly began to subside.
Taesan withdrew.
“Your turn.”
“Ah yes.”
Lee Tae-yeon read the real people and started rebuilding again.
Reconstructed destroyed buildings. The area of destroyed protection was made stronger and wider than before. Now he should be able to cope with the attacks of the monsters
.
The way we deal with monsters has also been redefined. Until now, when a strong monster appeared, it was all left to Taesan and Lee Taeyeon.
However, S-class is a monster that neither of them can guarantee victory. While the two dealt with the monster, the other players had to come up with a means to survive.
There were numerous discussions.
“Was there a wave before I came?”
“once. A lot of people died back then.”
“Then the second time…
* * *
Time passed on and on.
Players kept returning from the labyrinth. As it has been a long time, there were especially many hard mode players.
They are much stronger than the second wave.
Thus, the third wave began
.
Invasion of monsters.
Hundreds of A-class and several S-class attacks.
“AA AA AA!”
Lee Tae-yeon let out a shout filled with anger.
“die!”
He generously used the items he had treasured.
People and monsters killed each other.
In the end, they once again won a scarred victory.
“Damn it…
Lee Taeyeon sat down coughing up blood. This time it was really fleeting. Even though he knew the opponent’s strength and made every effort to prepare, he was driven to the point of dying.
She barely stood up, leaning on her slumped knees. The survivors burst into cheers. It was the moment when he tried to rejoice in victory even though many people died and the territory was destroyed.
Kwadeuk.
space was squeezed.
Lee Tae-yeon looked at the crack in the sky with a pale face. There, one
gaze was felt.
“Ah…
Lee Taeyeon shuddered.
I got goosebumps for a moment.
A terrifyingly strong force was felt beyond the rift.
She wasn’t the only one who felt the power. Easy and normal mode players could not stand the gaze and collapsed. Even the hard mode players who barely survived were trembling.
back
The gaze that was watching them disappeared.
People gasped and sat down.
“…what. that one.”
Only Taesan’s words, frowning, hovered in the air.
They barely repaired the damage.
Reorganized damaged areas and
repaired collapsed buildings. Based on the battle experience so far, they proceeded with more difficult training.
But no one laughed.
When Lee Tae-yeon first returned, most of those who looked at her with trust in her died. Those who remained did not have any hope that they could survive. Everyone was struggling, resigned to the fact that they would one day die.
“Haha…
Lee Taeyeon let out a laugh. The gaze seen
through the crack after blocking the wave
.
It will probably be the monster that will invade Earth next. After clearing the labyrinth, she clearly knew what the monster was.
“Apostle…
Among them, an existence beyond mortality.
Even if she died dozens of times and woke up, it was an opponent she could never win.
Others, though not quite as sure as she, would have noticed instinctively. That I would
never be able to reach the power I felt beyond the rift .
There was no hope at all.
Everyone was close to death.
“What are we going to do?”
Taesan frowned at the sight of such people.
“If you’re going to kill yourself, go out and search. Don’t even try to kill people who are trying to survive somehow.”
“But…
“But what. You just give up because you can’t win? Did you break through the labyrinth for that
?”
“older brother. Calm down.”
Geum Jung-geun hurriedly ran to Tae-san. Taesan said coldly.
“I don’t intend to die. I will do my best to win.”
Taesan’s voice was very cold.
But it was not wrong. They attacked the labyrinth not to die, but to survive. I couldn’t give up my life because it was an unwinnable enemy now.
It was to blaspheme the lives of
those who risked their lives to attack the labyrinth .
People gritted their teeth and moved their bodies.
Lee Tae-yeon watched from a distance with a wry smile.
Originally, it was her job. She is the only player who has conquered the Alone mode. Even though he is a leader who leads people, Taesan, who is in easy mode, took over that role.
‘As expected, a person who suits a leader.’
Taesan is not himself.
But Tae-san can’t be a leader. Because he’s an easy mode player.
Lee Taeyeon bit her lip.
Time continued to pass.
They repaired the damage. And with the players who returned from the labyrinth, he tried to increase the area again.
However, the monsters scattered throughout the world grew stronger. It was hard to survive unless you were a hard mode player.
As a result, the number of people continued to decrease.
“o uh.”
Lee Tae-yeon looked at the crack in the sky with an ambiguous face.
A lot of time has passed since the third wave. A fourth wave might begin sooner or later.
“Shall we go?”
Taeyeon Lee fluttered away.
“Junggeun. I’m going to do some reconnaissance. Taesan went to catch the hard mode player who just ran away, right?”
“yes. I will probably come back alone.”
Geum Joong-geun said with a bitter smile. Taeyeon shook her head.
“I will be back.”
“ah. Bye.”
Lee Tae-yeon hid her body and stepped out of the realm.
She put on a bitter expression when she saw the huge barrier protecting people.
It was huge enough to fit within the line of sight. The number of humans remaining was reduced to such an extent that such a barrier alone could protect them all.
She got her emotions under control and threw herself away.
Arrived under the rift in the sky as before. Thanks to several experiences, I was able to infer when the wave would start based on the wave of force felt in the crack.
“huh?”
As she quietly examined the power of the rift, her eyes shook.
Waves of power were spreading unsteadily from the rift.
“Ah…
her legs trembled for a moment. It was a wave in memory.
It was a sign that there was less than a week left until the start of the wave.
back
And through the rift, I could feel the gaze directed at her.
Lee Tae-yeon stopped breathing for a moment. She had activated all her stealth skills. Even single-digit S-classes couldn’t spot her right in front of them.
However, the gaze beyond the rift was clearly aware of her.
The gaze that had been looking at her for a moment disappeared.
“…under. haha.”
After a long time, she let out a laugh. It was a laugh full of empty despair.
She staggered back to their quarters.
People who were waiting for her burst into cheers at her return.
“oh! Taeyeon! came?”
“How was it this time?”
After looking at them for a moment, Lee Taeyeon
opened her mouth.
“…Where is Taishan?”
“Are you Taesan? They will be educating hardmode players who just returned.”
“…okay.”
she passed slowly The man who answered asked with a puzzled face.
“Why are you like that?”
“no.”
After thinking for a while, Lee Taeyeon opened her mouth.
“Tell Taesan to come to me tomorrow.”
* * *
The clock ticks.
She looked at her room with empty eyes.
Decorated with all sorts of decorations and pictures,
the tools she prepared to hide her feelings.
It was of no use now. It was all over anyway.
‘Never win.’
There is no such thing as odds. Even knowing that, she activated her skill.
[You have activated 10,000 possibilities.]
Is there any chance of winning against the apostle?
look for possibilities
The result was her death
.
[You have activated 10,000 exclusions.]
[You have activated 10,000 possibilities.]
[You…]
Continue to activate skills. It tries to find the answer by repeating dozens, hundreds, thousands of deaths.
but it doesn’t come out
Until all the mana was consumed and the skill was not activated, there were no results other than death.
She presses her chest with trembling hands.
A week later she dies.
breathing quickens A fear that she has been trying to forget overtakes her.
“Ha ha ha…
She put her hand in her bosom. I held something hard in my hand and fiddled with it.
The stomach stone of Ouroboros.
You can only turn back time once.
If you use this item, you can survive right away.
But she couldn’t use the bezoar.
You say you have to break through that labyrinth again? that hellish place?
If you turn back time, all your powers will be reset. He returns to his weak past self with no ability.
I couldn’t guarantee that I would be able to clear it if I tried again in that state. In the first place, luck and miracle overlapped, and it was as if they had barely cleared it.
And even if you clear it, you have to return to Earth eventually
. She couldn’t choose the option of abandoning all survivors and living in the labyrinth.
But I also didn’t want to die here.
She couldn’t decide.
Time continued to pass, but she was sitting in her seat, continuing her worries that would never end.
Will you meet your end here?
Or will you return to the labyrinth?
My head was complicated. The weight did not tilt to either side.
It was when she was still thinking.
Popularity is getting closer.
Lee Tae-yeon realized that the owner of the human body was Tae-san.
“Ha, I told you to come a day later?”
She hurriedly checked the time. And I realized that she had been thinking about it all day.
‘no!’
You cannot meet Taesan in this state.
She quickly feigned composure
.
Sigh.
The door opened and a voice rang out.
“What? Aren’t you going to fix that weird habit?”
“You don’t want to hear about my hobbies, do you?”
Taeyeon’s mouth moved on its own.
Thanks to her long acting, she has become a high-level actress. She still has not been able to give an answer, but her appearance is perfectly calm, and she welcomes Taishan.
Level up with skill
