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[ (side story) What are you doing! Chase after you! ]
“Be careful!”
At the same time as An Jun, who was in the lead, shouted, arrows rained down from both walls.
-Puff, puff, puff!
The arrow was so strong that it pierced the wall on the other side.
“Ouch!”
Thanks to Anjun’s warning, most of the candidates were able to avoid the arrows, but one candidate who moved slightly slower grabbed his thigh and fell to the floor.
“Yeonjo! are you okay?”
The first person to run to the injured candidate was Ahn Jun, who warned him of the trap.
He skillfully removed the arrow from the injured man’s thigh and applied potion to the injured area, saying with an apologetic look on his face.
“sorry. “If I had discovered the trap a little sooner, I wouldn’t have been hurt…”
The injured colleague couldn’t help but be touched by his kind expression and sincere voice. On the contrary, I felt sorry for myself.
“What are you talking about! “If it weren’t for you, I would have had a hole in my heart instead of my thigh!”
“But if only I had recognized the trap a little faster…”
Other colleagues also came up to the team leader, who bowed his head and reflected, and offered words of comfort.
“Why are you blaming yourself so much? Anjun, you are doing your best.”
“Thanks to you, I am coming down this terrible tower safely.”
“It’s a problem even if you really like people too much… Why is it your fault that we’re getting hurt! “Our skills are not good enough!”
The party had complete trust in their leader.
The leadership, sacrificial spirit, and excellent character that An Jun showed here were not lacking in any way as a leader.
An Jun also nodded with a stern expression, as if the comfort of his colleagues gave him strength.
“Thank you everyone. Let’s cheer up a little more. “I think the end is not far off.”
“Yes!”
The wounded fell to the rear and the party began moving forward again in the darkness.
[You are a great leader.]
Ivan, the son of the Fairy King, came to Anjun’s side and said.
Anjun smiled shyly and shook his head.
“If it had been really good, no one would have been injured. “I am too weak.”
[Being strong is not the only virtue of a good leader. My father said that caring for the people is the first virtue of a king.]
Ivan continued, looking at Anjun’s profile.
Even though he suffered more scratches and scrapes than anyone else, the boy rarely used potions on himself.
[You have the virtues a king should have. I see and feel a lot too.]
“Haha. Stop talking about shame. “I have a lot to learn from you.”
Ivan spoke with the tips of his antennae shining at Anjun’s humility.
[It is an honor to know someone of character like you. I would like to maintain a good friendship with you in the future.]
“I am truly honored.”
[Heh. Whatever the result of this test, let’s not leave any regrets.]
It was a time when the boy and the fairy exchanged warm smiles and developed a friendship.
[Monster reaction ahead!]
The two tensed their bodies upon hearing the report of the fairy tribe that had come to the front.
Slurp.
Anjun said as he took out his sword.
“You really don’t give me time to rest.”
[This time we stand at the front. It’s almost time for my shift.]
“Then, I’ll ask you a favor.”
After a while, a group of monsters appeared and began a battle with about 20 test takers.
[Attack!]
“We have your back!”
The battle took place with Ivan and the fairies at the forefront and Anjun’s party supporting from the rear.
Three parties entered Area 8.
Among them, Anjun and Ivan’s parties were currently in an alliance.
They each completed the ‘prerequisites’ and entered the tower, meeting in the middle of the tower.
As tensions rose and monsters suddenly poured in from all directions just before the battle, they formed a temporary alliance.
And now, a few hours later, the two parties were taking turns taking a break and going down together to the basement of the tower.
After a fierce battle ended.
“Phew…. is everyone okay? “Who is injured?”
Even though his body is full of traces of fighting harder than anyone else, Anjun showed that he takes care of his colleagues first.
“Okay, take care of yourself.”
“You bastard. This time I will pour the potion on your body!”
Anjun said that the party members seemed to genuinely care for each other, and the fairies also watched with satisfaction.
Ivan approached An Jun and said.
[You guys, get some rest. From now on, we will take the lead.]
“Thank you. “Then let me ask you a favor.”
An Jun looked at Ivan’s back as he stepped forward.
No one could see it, but the corner of the boy’s mouth was slightly twisted.
‘You idiot.’
They said fairies are naive and easy to trick, and that was exactly right.
Actually, it was too easy for Anjun to like someone else.
Ahn Jun’s superhuman characteristic is [the voice of the devil].
Those who hear his voice filled with magical power develop feelings for him without realizing it, and even if they say the same thing, the persuasiveness is several times greater.
If he just pretended to be a ‘good person’, he could make anyone like him.
However, An Jun’s actual personality was that of a cold poisonous snake.
‘You idiots. ‘If you do just a little bit of good to me, I’ll be so moved that I’ll cry.’
The idiots here will never know.
If he had put his mind to it, he could have warned him of the trap much sooner and come here much more comfortably than he does now.
‘But that doesn’t have a dramatic effect.’
In order to stand out as a hero, it was necessary to show a suitable crisis and overcome it.
In short, a dramatic production.
“Everyone be careful! “Because you never know where a trap might pop up.”
An Jun did not rest and pretended to care about the party members.
But in fact, the people he was truly trying to deceive were not the test takers around him.
‘Professors at WHA. ‘Somewhere is watching all this.’
Real audiences.
WHA professors were watching the entire exam and evaluating the candidates.
The object of evaluation is not only combat ability, but also personality, ability to cooperate among team members, improvisation, etc.
‘We have to trick them into letting us go. So that they can’t even imagine that I am Redfinger’s spy… I need to build up their goodwill from now on so that I can access the core of the WH Group in the future.’
At that moment, An Jun’s eyes shone coldly.
For him, who had completed the organization’s hellish training, playing house with the kids here was nothing.
If he shows his true skills, not even the fairy king’s son over there will be a match for him.
‘You have to be in the top 10%. It’s difficult to stand out too much, but it’s a promising stock that raises enough expectations. That level is perfect for moving forward.’
What WHA looks for is ‘outstanding skills’ as well as ‘great character.’
Anjun was planning to show them that they wanted a post-renter, and so far, the plan has been perfect.
An Jun adjusted his glasses and looked around at the other test takers.
Every time we made eye contact, everyone gave us a smile full of trust.
‘There’s no need to use the second trait.’
At that time, the entire tower shook and an earthquake occurred.
-Kugugu goong…!
“Again… the earthquake is getting worse.”
One of the test takers looked around with an anxious face. It was a child named Yeonjo who had been hit by an arrow earlier.
‘This dull guy is so cowardly.’
An Jun laughed at him on the inside, but smiled softly on the outside, as if trying to reassure his colleague.
“This is probably an effect of the increasing difficulty of the test. “They put psychological pressure on us by making us anxious.”
“Indeed…”
“As expected, there is nothing a leader doesn’t know.”
Was it 10 minutes ago?
A strong earthquake occurred that shook the entire tower, and earthquakes have occurred periodically since then.
However, most test takers, including Ahn Jun, did not think it was a big deal.
‘It’s a ploy to scare test takers. There’s no way this big tower could suddenly collapse…’
If I had seen with my own eyes what happened outside the tower 10 minutes ago, my thoughts would probably have been very different.
“Jun. But isn’t the person who made this tower really bad? “You climbed all the way to the top of the tower and then went down to the basement…”
‘You talkative bastard. It seems like the arrow I hit earlier hurt less.’
An Jun was annoyed by his talkative colleague, but he had to act nice, so he spoke without losing a gentle smile.
“I guess that was the designer’s intention. When you think of a tower, you usually think of something that climbs naturally, right? “If we had been more flexible in our thinking, we could have found the entrance to the basement right from the first floor.”
A few hours ago, they climbed to the top of the tower, fighting through countless monsters and traps.
But there was nothing there.
There was only one line written
: -What you want is in the basement of the tower .
‘I got a good kick out of it.’
The party entered the tower by achieving the prerequisites suggested by the system, was deceived by preconceived notions, climbed to the top of the tower, and was now going down to the basement of the tower.
In other words, it was moving as the game’s designer intended.
‘The designer of this test is very meticulous. ‘He is controlling everything perfectly according to his intentions.’
The designer was currently tearing out his hair because of the girl who destroyed his plans with a single punch, but Anjun couldn’t have known that much.
While he was quietly lost in thought, the talkative supporting character spoke again.
“But what are they doing now?”
“Them?”
“That team with a lot of girls.”
“Ah…”
An Jun frowned as he recalled a bad memory.
A cocky redhead who threatened Jang Young-shin and Kurodama by calling them ‘oppa’.
“…I guess I probably didn’t make it to the tower.”
“right? It seemed like their skills weren’t that great. They all have pretty faces…”
“Why? “Is there anyone you’re interested in?”
“What! “It’s not like that!”
Judging from the fact that his face was bright red, he seemed to have hit the nail on the head.
“If I had to choose, I’d rather have red hair…”
“……”
As that brightly smiling face came to mind, Anjun’s expression hardened slightly.
A smile that makes you feel confident that everyone in the world will love you.
It was one of the things Anjun hated the most.
So much so that I feel like I want to cut that smile to pieces someday.
‘for a moment. If we use that guy, wouldn’t we be able to control Jang Yeong-shin and Kurodama Shin?’
What if you could use that red hair to turn the two boys into puppets?
What if you could at least find an important weakness?
The risk is high, but if we can succeed…
‘I guess I’ll have to take my time and make a plan.’
A smile appeared on An Jun’s lips, but it matched his good-natured image and did not seem cunning at all.
-Kugugu goong…!
-Kugugu goong…!
“The earthquake is getting worse…”
Yeonjo looked up at the ceiling with an anxious expression.
The intensity of the earthquake was getting stronger.
Moreover, the epicenter now felt not so far away.
Everyone raised their heads and looked up at the ceiling.
“Isn’t it just an earthquake?”
“I feel uneasy…”
“Do you think they are coming for us?”
“!!”
Everyone’s expressions hardened at the last words someone said.
Ivan also seemed to have an ominous thought and approached An Jun with a stern expression.
[It looks like it’s not an ordinary earthquake. Wouldn’t it be better to speed up and beat that thing?]
Anjun thought for a moment and shook his head.
“I think differently. If that’s the monster chasing us… It’s better to deal with that guy first and then go down. “If you’re not careful, you could be attacked from front and back.”
[I see… Indeed.]
Ivan was also convinced by Anjun’s logic and nodded. The leaders of the two parties decided to wait and see what caused the approaching earthquake.
[Wait here.]
“I don’t know what will come. “Be nervous.”
About 20 candidates drew their weapons and looked up at the ceiling as they prepared to cast.
An Jun lightly licked his dry lips with his tongue and looked around.
‘Which guy should we use to create a dramatic atmosphere this time?’
Perhaps the being coming down from above may be the final boss of this game.
In that case, at least half of the people here must be defeated for the painting to survive.
There is nothing more dramatic than a narrow victory.
An Jun’s brain rotated cunningly.
‘We should naturally induce enemy attacks and reduce the number of fairies.’
In the end, there is only one party that can win this game.
In that case, the best idea would be to reduce the number of fairies in this fight and have the fairy king’s son give up the fight on his own.
‘It’s time to get rid of the bridesmaids. In the end, the winner of this game is me.’
The moment Anjun’s eyes became cold, the ceiling collapsed.
“come!”
-Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
The ceiling exploded and a huge amount of stone fragments rained down along with dust.
[Ensure visibility with the wind!]
“Don’t attack yet! “First, find out what type the other person is!”
About 20 people were ready for battle. The dust cloud cleared by wind magic and something fell from the open ceiling.
Ok.
It was Lily who landed lightly on the floor.
“uh?
“what?”
“He…”
Lily glanced at the gathered test takers and waved lightly.
“hi? But I’m busy right now! See you later!”
And Lily lifted her right leg above her head.
-Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
A fire dragon was wriggling at the girl’s feet.
Lily cheered and hit the floor.
“Heavenly Demon Light Dance! Chamryongak (斬龍脚)!”
-Quaaaaaaaaa!
The floor shattered and Lily jumped straight down.
“…….”
There was silence like a blackout.
The remaining test takers looked at the gaping hole up and down with blank faces.
One of them looked up at the series of holes in the ceiling.
“Guys… I can see the clouds…”
Traces of the ceiling coming down from the top of the tower, destroying dozens of floors.
“I came down by destroying all that?”
“Then, all the earthquakes we’ve felt so far…”
“Why did we go through all the trouble to get here…”
“Is it okay to destroy that thing? No, can a person break it? “Isn’t it a foul?!”
“If you’re strong, you’ll get it…”
While everyone was in a panic and dazed, Anjun, who was the first to come to his senses, screamed.
“What are you doing! “Follow me now!”
It was the first time his kind face distorted viciously.
An Jun growled like a wild beast.
“Everybody jump over there! “I’m going after him!”
About 20 test takers rushed down the hole Lily had made.
[ (side story) What are you doing! Chase after you! ]End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
