Episode 2. The old man in the mountains
screamed in his heart. I was so shocked that I couldn’t even voice my voice.
He was lying face down in the bloody sea.
Everything from his head to his face and clothes was covered in dark red blood.
Han Ibi, who was so embarrassed, looked up from her prone position.
However, an even more horrifying scene unfolded before him… About
10 people were all rolling in a sea of blood they had spilled. Moreover, none of the bodies were intact.
People rolling around with their heads or limbs cut off… People who died with their internal organs bursting out and clutching them…
People who died with blood flowing from every hole in their bodies…
Pieces of meat that didn’t even have a shape…!
They are all miserably slaughtered!
Han Ibi felt like she was going to get nauseous at any moment.
It was then.
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I heard a voice in my head. It’s the woman from earlier.
Wow Mr. This is going to be crazy. Have I finally turned around?
At that moment, a voice was heard again along with a ringing sound.
[The players’ ultimate goal is to eliminate the evil spirit and return to the main world.] [
Advice: If the player is taken away by another player, he or she will remain in the other world forever. [Yes.]
What on earth is this?
If it’s a demon ball… that’s it…?
“Ahh-!”
At that time, a miserable voice that could only be heard from hell pierced my ears.
people.
People were crowding around.
The instinctive message that it would be best to just shut up ran through my mind.
Han Ibi watched them with narrowed eyes.
A group of people wearing masks were surrounding a middle-aged man.
He was being held by the arms by masked men. My whole body was covered in blood.
But… his outfit was strange.
No, not only that, but the clothes of the rest of the masked people were also the same.
It wasn’t even a hanbok… It was
a costume that I had seen many times somewhere…
Then something suddenly came to mind.
‘Could it be that I… have entered a martial arts novel?’
Yes.
This is a setting that often appears in fantasy novels.
It’s often used by writers who don’t use past life or reincarnation. Classic plot.
‘Am I…am I dreaming?’
At that time, a masked person put his face close to the middle-aged man and said.
Judging by his posture, he seemed to be the leader of the group.
“It would be better to give up now and blow. You guys didn’t even learn it properly anyway. huh? “Where is Zhongli Wu Xinggong?”
Then Han Ibi came to her senses.
Because understandable words came out.
‘Zhongli Muhyeonggong’ is a legendary figure that countless martial arts people, both white and black, have been searching for in the Yeomsajimong novel.
A home martial art of the Zhongli family left by Zhongli Sanghyeon (鍾離常賢), the best man in the world who conquered the martial arts world 200 years ago.
However, it is explained that the incompetent descendants of the Jongli family lost their status and went down the path of downfall.
Moreover, crucially… Isn’t the Jong-ri family the family of the main character, ‘Jong Li-hyuk (鍾離赫)’…!
‘Then by any chance am I the main character of this novel?’
The middle-aged man glared at the masked man with an evil expression on his face and then spat.
A dirty liquid mixed with spit and blood flew through the air.
The masked man turned his face in surprise, but it ended up getting stuck under his chin.
The masked man said in disgust and wiped it away with his glove.
“You idiot doesn’t make any sense. “Chop it up whole.”
“yes!”
One of the masked men who was holding the middle-aged man’s body answered, and then an unpleasant ‘shudder’ sound was heard.
A terrible scream is heard at the same time.
At that time, something flew into Han Ibi’s face.
Cheolpudeok.
It hit my cheek and rolled straight to the ground.
It was….
“Ugh!”
Han Ibi screamed loudly without realizing it.
This is because the thing that hit the face was a human hand that was sharply cut above the wrist.
The masked people were startled and looked in the direction where Han Ibi was lying face down.
‘evil! ‘It’s done.’
At that time, I heard the sound effect of ‘Tiring’ in my head.
The woman’s voice rang out.
[Tutorial begins.]
[Profession: None]
[Advice: Level up through active activities and obey ‘missions’. If the ‘mission’ is successful, an appropriate ‘reward’ is given.]
[Surprise quest occurs (difficulty ☆): Avoid the enemy’s attack 3 times.]
[Reward: Synchronization with the character begins.]
This is what Hanibi Without even having time to think about what was happening, I got up and started running.
The masked captain shouted.
“I was pretending to be dead! “Get that bastard!”
As soon as the command was given, a masked man launched himself at Han Ibi.
Tiriring.
[Performing quest: Avoid enemy attacks 3 times. (Episode 0/Episode 3)]
At that moment, Han Ibi was running with all the strength she could muster.
It was a valuable time where I could personally experience what the phrase ‘with all the strength I used to breastfeed’ that I read in the book meant.
‘Just running…’
Han Ibi wasn’t very talented in other things, but she was confident in ‘running’.
It was impossible to hold a relay race at an athletics event without him.
Although he gave up because it cost a lot of money, he once seriously considered going to a physical education school.
Han Ibi glanced back, thinking that this was enough. Then I was startled.
This was because the masked man, who seemed not to have put in much effort, was chasing him at great strides.
I felt like all the hairs on my body were standing on end.
‘Is that the light engineering technique that appears in martial arts novels?’
Han Ibi accelerated her pace by widening her strides, but the gap between them was narrowing even faster.
The moment I looked back again.
‘Hi~!’
Finally, the masked man’s sword, which had followed him to close range, was suddenly stabbing towards him, reflecting the sun’s rays.
That moment when I thought I would die in vain like this.
‘chin.’
With a sound, Han Ibi’s body flew through the air.
My toes got stuck on a rock.
The man’s sword split the space with a sharp ‘thud’ sound. Han Ibi’s clothes floating in the air made a ‘crackling’ sound and were torn slightly.
Tiriring.
A sound echoing in my ears.
[Performing quest: Avoid enemy attacks 3 times. (Episode 1/Episode 3)]
‘Bang!’
Han Ibi, who was floating in the air, made a loud noise and crashed into a cedar tree.
It was a pain that felt like every bone in my body was breaking.
Still, it’s better than getting stabbed.
As Han Ibi was shaking her head to come to her senses, the masked man’s sword came into view again.
He said.
“You rat!”
The masked man’s swords were pouring in rapidly.
A situation where you can’t run back because of the trees. The very moment when your back is pierced by a well-honed sword blade!
‘chin!’
The sound of the masked man’s sword being plunged into the thick trunk of the cedar tree was heard.
Tiriring.
[Performing quest: Avoid enemy attacks 3 times. (Episode 2/Episode 3)]
When I looked to see what had happened, I saw that Han Ibi was hanging from a thick branch of a cedar tree as if she were using an iron bar.
He hurriedly made a move and quickly climbed onto the tree branch.
The masked man didn’t just sit there blankly.
He did some somersaults and quickly climbed onto the opposite branch.
Han Ibi thought.
‘Gyeongsinbeop… Is that the Gyeongsinjutsu I only saw in books?’
But there was no time to think calmly.
The masked man was quickly swinging his sword.
The hair was ready to fly off.
At that moment, Han Ibi saw blood dripping onto the ground under a tree branch.
These are all things that flowed down from one’s own body.
It wasn’t mine… but when I saw it, a thought suddenly occurred to me.
He shook his arms and upper body in an instant and shook himself off.
The blood clots on his body spurted out towards the attacking masked man.
The situation is extremely dirty.
The masked man was frightened and avoided it, and the sword road became chaotic.
‘Suddenly.’
With a sound, the branch on which Han Ibi was standing was cut off like a rotten radish.
thud!
‘Ouch!’
Han Ibi, who fell along with the tree branch, rubbed her buttocks and screamed inwardly.
It was then.
Tiriring!
[Surprise Quest Completed (Difficulty☆): Avoided enemy attacks 3 times. (3 times/3 times)]
Crazy…
Even in this situation, I am thoroughly counting the numbers.
He must not be crazy, but this woman must be crazy.
Dududu.
The sound was heard again.
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Of course, I couldn’t confirm it.
This is because the masked person, who had landed on the floor with graceful movements, was rushing towards him as if he was going to kill him prematurely at any moment.
‘What’s wrong with this! ‘Just endure it 3 times!’
It was then.
Han Ibi, who couldn’t bear to look at the fiercely approaching sword blade, closed her eyes tightly when she heard a voice in her ears.
“What are they doing?”
It was a person.
He looked like he was middle-aged, but his hair was graying here and there.
He had a stick on his shoulder and a bucket of water on either side.
A skinny body with a stern expression.
The gray clothes were frayed, torn, and tattered here and there, providing a pure visualization of what ‘beggar’ was like.
The masked man’s eyes were shaking wildly as he looked at the man. He seemed quite embarrassed.
The man spoke again.
“What are they doing?”
“Oh, I don’t know. “What are you doing again?”
The masked man must have come to his senses and growled in a fierce voice. But the man didn’t seem to have any fear.
“Inoom! “It’s rude for an adult to speak.”
Han Ibi thought.
‘Adult? That guy doesn’t look that old either, does he?’
At that time, the masked captain shouted from the other side.
“You idiot. What are you doing? Let’s get it done together.”
“yes!”
The masked man answered politely and quickly raised his sword and prepared to cut down the man.
Han Ibi shouted urgently.
“mister! Run away!”
But the man didn’t move.
The sound of the masked man’s sword cutting through the wind was heard.
At any moment, the blade of the sword will get stuck in the man’s face and he will die in a violent death!
Han Ibi shuddered at the terrible scene that was about to unfold.
It was then.
‘puck!’
The masked man was falling backwards. The man kicked the man in the head while holding a water jar.
Despite such violent movements, not a single drop of water poured out of the basin.
Han Ibi thought.
‘There is no law telling you to die. ‘I guess he’s an expert!’
The moment the masked man stood up and raised his sword.
‘Knock knock knock knock!’
I could hear the sound of blankets and laundry being threshed.
The man who had put down the water bucket had already taken out a stick and was striking the masked man on the head.
Blood flowed profusely from under his mask as he collapsed.
It’s a good thing you can’t see inside. Because everything would have been crushed. It’s a cruel hand.
The man muttered.
“joy. “It’s like these scum-like bastards are buzzing.”
In an instant, the forest was engulfed in silence.
The masked men who realized the situation quickly flew in and surrounded the man.
The masked captain was the first to speak.
“I didn’t know the deceased was here. “If you ask me who it is…”
But the man didn’t care at all and just frowned, looking at the hellish pile of corpses.
He clicked his tongue and said.
“Is it you? “The guy who desecrated the front of my house like this.”
The masked captain said in confusion.
“If it’s at home…”
the man said, pointing his finger as if he was frustrated.
“That’s my house over there.”
Now that I think about it, there was a small cabin there.
The masked captain said.
“Originally, that was your senior’s residence. But if you ask who he is…”
(Continued in the next episode)