– Volume 3, Chapter 6
56. Earth. Return (4)
“Now everyone, get up.”
People rubbed their eyes and got up in a hurry. Joong-geun confirmed the number of people and said quietly.
“This is the end. Hurry up.”
start moving again.
People’s faces brightened. Although it was slow, it was already close to two days. It wasn’t long before we reached City Hall
.
And a problem arose.
Kuruk.
[Monster 8995421675 appeared.]
A snake-like monster appeared in front of them. Joong-geun stopped the people and raised his sword.
Joong-geun could handle at least one monster. It was a time when everyone was waiting without tension.
gurgling.
” uh?”
A second monster with the same number of digits
appears.
But people weren’t too upset.
There have been quite a few times the second monster has appeared, but all of them have been resolved in ways they don’t know about. The vague idea that it would be the same this time was dominating them.
Kuruk.
But when the third monster appeared, the story changed.
“Uh huh?”
“for a moment.”
Three monsters surround them. Joong-geun swung his sword wildly, pushed the monster away, and shouted.
“Run!”
How are the two possible?
But three is absolutely impossible.
People run with screams.
The life-and-death race has begun.
gurgling.
Monsters attack people’s backs. The moment he was about to crush the head of the child who was lagging behind, Joong-geun ran and stopped him.
cooong!
“Kuk!”
Joong-geun gritted his teeth at the rough force.
People are desperately running away, but eventually the monster will catch up.
We had to buy time until they reached City Hall.
Three monsters attacked Junggeun at the same time. Joong-geun caught his breath.
[You activated a no-hop attack. Freedom of breathing for the next 10 seconds
.]
Kagak.
Freedom of breathing arises. Move your arms and legs to block the attacks of monsters. Quickly open your inventory.
He throws blue powder.
Perong!
The powder explodes and forms a physical barrier.
warm-blooded powder. An item that explodes upon contact with an enemy and creates a tangible barrier. It was an expensive item worth 500 gold.
I cried, but thanks to that, the monsters were pushed out and there was a gap. One of the monsters twisted its long arm and struck the middle muscle.
Instead of avoiding it, Joong-geun blocked it with both arms.
[6 damage to Keum Joong-geun.]
“Kuk!”
The damage came in, but thanks to that, I was able to fly back. Joong-geun immediately ran towards the people.
It was a perfect response that surprised even him himself. If you buy some time and hold on a little longer,
you will be able to reach City Hall.
Jung-geun, who was walking in the direction the people were heading, hesitated. His eyes were bewildered.
“why’?”
People were standing around, unable to advance. Eventually, Taesan could understand the reason.
Kuruk.
[Monster 5123198777 has appeared.]
Two monsters were blocking the people.
“This is
“Mr. Junggeun!”
“Please save me!”
A voice mixed with tears echoed, but Joong-geun could not answer. It was because three monsters approached from behind him.
Siege of the Five Monsters.
Joong-geun gritted it.
‘Doesn’t go that far to kill us.’
Kuruk.
A monster with huge tentacles moves its body. Jung-geun hurriedly goes to block the people who are about to be swept away.
cooong!
Jung-geun’s body is pushed out. Other monsters attack him.
I desperately block it, but I can’t even deal with two of them in the first place. Wounds begin to appear all over the body.
In the hopeless situation, Jung-geun’s spirit was calmly grasped.
‘Never win.’
Even if you shake off everything you have, the result will not change. If they endured here, the only result left was that everyone would die.
If so, can he escape alone?
The answer came quickly. possible. Almost equal in strength and speed to monsters. It’s not difficult if you hit it fast and move.
The sword moved wildly.
Caang!
The monster is instantly pushed away. Another monster fills the gap.
Joong-geun roughly distorts his face.
have to throw it away
hundreds of people.
those who believed in him and followed him.
of its own will.
Joong-geun was nauseous.
he is good
I headed to the city hall with a load of luggage of about 100 people. He took the trouble himself and tried to save them.
There may be people who say that it is a natural thing to do, but since there is no one who does the natural thing, he will be able to do it with kindness.
However, he was a person who knew how to grasp reality calmly. He was not good enough to give his life for others.
that was so painful
Everyone is like that, but he was worse. I was so disgusted with myself that I couldn’t let go of myself even though I didn’t have the confidence to take responsibility until the end.
If you’re going to throw it away like this, wouldn’t it be better not to save it in the first place? If you want to save, don’t you have to save to the end?
He managed to hold onto his trembling hand and
avert his gaze.
More than a hundred pairs of desperate eyes turned to him.
The faces of those who lean on him and depend on him.
have to throw it all away You have to ignore the screams and resentments that will come out as you die.
‘It would be better if I gave my life for them.’
Then it would be very simple. Is it a problem that can be solved by just dying together?
However, Joong-geun is a person who cannot do that. He can’t choose death in the end
.
The reason why he calmly accepted death in the previous world was because of the accumulation of self-hatred because of this experience.
‘If only I had the power.’
keep them all
If only I had the power to defeat the monsters and move on.
But he doesn’t have that power. Joong-geun stopped fighting. Seeing him standing still, people stumbled further.
“Mr. Joo Joong-geun?”
“Why are you like that?”
He looked at the people sadly. A look of fear crept across their faces.
It was time for Junggeun to make a decision.
“store?”
Taesan spoke up.
Joong-geun, who was about to throw himself, stopped. Taesan was staring at him blankly. Even in a situation where everyone was dying, there was no agitation.
Taesan murmured.
“This is how it happened.”
Returning to City Hall alone from the previous world, Joong-geun refuses to talk to everyone and shuts himself away.
It was after the second ear illusion that he came to his senses.
Realizing that Taesan had noticed what he was about to do, he smiled bitterly.
“Are you going to blame me?”
“why me?”
Joong-geun was rather taken aback by such light words. Taesan had a face that said there was really no reason to do that.
Kuruk.
The monster moved its arms as if it didn’t like their conversation. Jung-geun reflexively tried to block Tae-san’s attack on his head.
Kwajik.
But before he could move, the monster was crushed.
[60 damage to monster 5123198777.]
“Uh.”
“60?”
The eyes of those who were in despair widened. The middle ground hesitates. Taesan shakes off the slime-stained sword.
“Whatever you choose, I don’t blame you. I was just curious.”
what happened I stuck with him because of that one.
Somehow it became a pastime.
Taesan’s arms trembled. The moment
they felt it disappeared, the heads of the monsters exploded.
“Uh huh?”
Joong-geun is shocked. He had a hard time catching even one. From the two of them, I couldn’t even use my hands and had no choice but to run away.
Five such monsters exploded all at once. He didn’t even see how the sword moved.
“you. No way…
It was the moment when suspicion became certain.
Kuruk.
[Monster 45677521 has appeared.]
An eight-digit monster appears. It looked bigger and stronger than the other monsters.
E-class monster. A monster that can only be caught by going deep into Easy Mode.
Taesan lazily moved his sword.
“Wow…♦.
“Finally it is City Hall…
Crying, people arrive at City Hall. The woman who was guarding the door, who volunteered to be the gatekeeper, opens her eyes wide.
“Huh? Why are there so many?”
In front of a hundred or so people, she hurriedly examines them. Then, seeing Jung-geun, she bursts in admiration.
“ah. Junggeun! You were here too.”
“yes. hello. Sister Hwiyeon.”
Joong-geun greeted her with a bitter smile.
Hwiyeon Kim. As a hardmode player, he was one of the few people who had a close relationship with Taesan.
She died on the third return.
“Wow… I’ve never seen such a large group before.”
She couldn’t hide her admiration when she saw them. She watched the people coming in at City Hall, but at most there were five of them. A group of this size
was phenomenal.
She looked at Jung-geun with a proud face.
“Did you protect me?”
“No, not me…
The moment she started talking about Taishan, Taishan shook her head slightly. Joong-geun shut his mouth.
“huh? Aren’t you?”
“…no. It is a virtue that everyone has been with us.”
Hwiyeon tilted her head, but didn’t ask any further.
“Then I will guide you. Come here.”
She didn’t pay much attention to Taesan. It was just because I thought I was one of a hundred or so.
She led the people into City Hall. Joong-geun admired it.
“There are… so many people.”
There were quite a lot of people gathered outside the city hall, but there was not enough space to lie down comfortably inside the building.
“Because all the people of Anyang gathered. It’s less when you think about it.”
Hwiyeon clicked her tongue. Jung-geun’s expression darkened as he
understood the meaning .
Anyang has 500,000 citizens. Originally, it is a number that cannot be filled in one city hall.
Still, filling up meant that that many people had died.
“I survived though. we are.”
She read the middle part.
“Thanks to you, more than a hundred people survived. You can be happy enough.”
“Haha… Joong
-geun glanced at Taesan with an ambiguous smile .
he turned around
“But if there are so many people, who will be the representative?”
A man of ten thousand. It was a number that would tear your ears apart just by talking to each other. Someone had to lead and manage them.
“Ah…
Hwiyeon clicked her tongue with an ambiguous face.
“My head hurts right now because of that. Strangers keep talking nonsense…
“Weird ones?”
“It’s not like they’re fighting with each other. I really want to be George, but I can’t/
She sighed deeply and shook her hand.
“I am resting for now. Are you tired? I’ll explain later.”
“yes.”
I was curious, but Joong-geun nodded his head obediently. I was really tired. I didn’t sleep for two full days and fought in a row, so I thought I would faint at any moment. Hwiyeon
patted
Junggeun’s head with a friendly smile .
“Others, I will take them to their families. Sleep for now.”
About a hundred people each found their own family. They hugged each other with tears in their eyes.
“brother!”
Ahn Jung-hee shed tears while catching a man who resembled her. Taishan watched the scene from a distance.
It didn’t matter if they all died, but it wasn’t a bad look.
Ahn Jung-hee, who noticed him from afar, thanked him with tears.
Taesan moved.
Not everyone found a family. There were those who despaired after hearing about the death, and there were those who bit their lips, not giving up hope.
All of them will adapt with time.
Taesan left the city hall and looked outside. I felt people heading to this place one by one.
soon the majority
A new quest will begin.
“Here you are.”
Taesan answered the voice behind him.
“Aren’t you sleeping?”
Junggeun was looking at Taesan with a tired face.
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