Episode 167. 3 Despair (1)
“What does it mean to be thankful?”
Mo Yongsu asked as if he couldn’t understand.
Well, that would be difficult to understand.
It was he who was able to obtain a great fortune that overturned all the despair so far.
It was because he was the one who was able to get out of the gate.
Even though everything went as planned, this side is not losing their composure, so of course I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.
Jinhyuk shrugged.
Now that the work in the labyrinth is almost finished, I plan to kindly explain the last part.
Not the long version, of course, but the short version.
“To give you a hint, think about the theme of this labyrinth.”
“The labyrinth… theme…?”
It’s like Mo Yong-soo can’t understand. I thought over Jinhyeok’s words.
Then, suddenly, I realized something.
Guardians who protect the valley of the ancestors.
Various traps to punish grave robbers…
Yes.
This labyrinth is to protect the rest of the lofty kings from all that.
“no way!”
“The fourth horn doesn’t bring good luck.”
Rather, it is more to thoroughly punish the resilient intruders who survived the 3 despairs.
I don’t know if you’ve heard about this place from the torturer you’ve been imprisoned for.
That’s all misinformation.
“There is no gold for grave robbers here.”
After saying that…
…the air suddenly changed.
[4th Luck (Despair) Cause and Effect] The one
who disturbed the rest of this place.
The cost will be washed away with the blood of where they belong.
The fourth is that all the despair so far is forcibly moved to the hometown of the one who blows the horn.
That is the final punishment for anyone who trespasses on this tomb.
“I don’t know because I’ve only seen it in the literature. Many of the documents in the Tower of Trials were subtly manipulated. Especially if it’s a labyrinth for the purpose of protection in this way.”
“How did you bastard… even know such a thing?”
how do you know
I know because I’ve experienced it all myself.
In the past, players were all folded, so it didn’t matter much.
In addition, since the 3 Despairs are reverse summoned after a week, there was no big problem playing after that.
of course.
All of that is from past games.
[The gate has been activated.]
[An outbreak has occurred in Beijing, China.]
[Three major catastrophes are manifesting!] [
‘Marks’ are engraved on players in the Chinese Guild.] [
The targets left with ‘marks’ becomes the target of the three major disasters, and if more than 50% of the players belonging to the Chinese Guild die, the entire China becomes the target.]
Red status windows appeared one after another.
“This is…”
Liao Yu opened her eyes.
Monsters who didn’t even dare to fight appeared in the Chinese Guild.
In other words, it was like a natural disaster.
The embarrassing thing was Mo Yong-soo as well.
I thought I knew everything about the Horn of Despair through the literature.
What does this mean?
Due to the gap between the information I already knew and reality, it became complicated as if my head would explode.
“Looks like I’ve picked up something roughly written somewhere, but there’s quite a lot of information in the Tower of Trials that’s written incorrectly.”
Mangem among Mangems.
That’s why there was often a case of hitting the back of the head among the information in the Tower of Trials.
Just like right now.
“Are you saying that the documents in the library of the Murim League are false! How dare you know what nonsense he uttered with his tongue!”
Mo Yong-soo had a blood clot around his neck.
hey It’s almost at the level of freshly caught live fish.
If you say that the Moyong family is the weakest among the five generations, you will collapse from high blood pressure, right?
“It’s none of my business to talk about how great the Moorim Meng’s intelligence is. What’s more urgent right now is how to stop the three great despairs, right?”
Right now, players from the Chinese Guild with the mark will be the target.
If more than 50% of the entire guild died, the target was to be expanded to ordinary citizens.
Now, it’s not just about the image of the guild. It means that we must fight for the fate of the whole of China.
however.
“…don’t talk bullshit. How the hell are you going to protect China against those guys?”
Mo Yong-soo drew a line as if it was not worth thinking about.
also.
I expected it, but was this an answer?
As if a lizard would cut off its unnecessary tail, I did not feel any distress.
“Are you of the same opinion?”
Jinhyeok’s eyes turned to Liaoyu.
Mo Yong-soo, it doesn’t matter if I don’t know because it didn’t happen in Moorim. Liaoyu is in a situation where her bedroom has turned into a mess.
To protect the guild, you have to go inside.
After thinking for a moment, Liao Yu slowly opened her mouth.
“Being marked… means that if I pass through the gate, I will also become a target, right?”
“okay. You, too, will look like tasty prey to them.”
“Then I won’t go either.”
“Are you going to abandon your comrades? so easily?”
“You may not understand… but you would understand. That only those who are strong and useful can climb the tower. I also learned the same thing from Namgungcheon.”
The story that you can lose anything for survival.
After all, they took it for granted that they even raided the villages of elves living peacefully for profit.
In fact, it may be realistic to act this way.
This is because the leaders of the Chinese Guild, including Namgungcheon, were already in the process of being absorbed as part of the Murim, not China.
There is a wider world with endless possibilities, but you don’t want to take the risk of losing everything trying to protect the gutter-like reality.
I know
I understand.
The way he casually spit it out…
…was disgusting.
“I don’t think it’s going to be hard to be friends with you forever.”
It is said that there is a level of garbage, but this is the level of food waste.
No, at this point, I think we should also listen to the position of food waste.
“Don’t be a hypocrite. Isn’t it the same for you and us to be on the lookout anyway?”
The corner of Liao Yue’s mouth twisted subtly.
“I am different from you. At least I won’t abandon my people.”
Jinhyuk shook his head quietly.
Mo Yong-soo asked again at that calm appearance.
“You’re not going to go through the gate, are you?”
“Doesn’t puppies with tails need to know that? You guys will now focus only on the struggle for supremacy in the middle class, whether or not other people die.”
So, I beg you, just get out of here.
Even if it’s not, the gate made by Gyeongjong doesn’t last that long.
Rest assured that we won’t strike the back of the head against those who can run away like cockroaches because they’re already on the verge.
“Is it vain heroism? It’s fun.”
Mo Yong-soo laughed for the last time.
Then, without hesitation, he turned around.
“We are going back to Moorim. It was unplanned to abandon the Chinese Guild already, but now that it has happened, it can’t be done. I’m sure the guild’s main forces have already been taken out, right?”
“yes. As you said, before coming here, I sent them all to the ‘training ground’. But are you going to leave them alone?”
“They can’t do anything anyway.”
I admit I was wrong about the effect of the horn.
However, even the strength of the three despairs was not wrong.
Mo Yong-soo was certain because he had fought directly.
That no matter how much the opponent is like a nuisance among the players, the outcome can never be changed.
‘I don’t know what ulterior motive he was trying to help China with, but thanks to him, I was able to get rid of a big nuisance without touching it.’
That’s enough.
There was no longer a need to have a long conversation or a reason to discuss each other’s intentions.
After a while, all those who go beyond the gate will become cold corpses.
That’s how Mo Yongsu and Liaoyu disappeared from the tomb.
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[Duration of gate: 0h:1m:13s]
The status window blinked faster.
Watching the gate shake, I really don’t have much time left.
“Are you really going to fight them? There must be more harm than good, right?”
Alice, who had come to her side before she knew it, helped out with a word.
It was a fight that seemed reckless to anyone, so of course I couldn’t understand it.
of course.
It’s not a grandiose reason to help poor civilians.
It’s not even a reason to save a Chinese guild.
‘It must have been recorded well.’
Jinhyeok glanced at the recording function of the ‘broadcasting system’.
Originally, it was impossible to turn on the broadcast or record during the masquerade, but thanks to Moorim’s unreasonable intervention in the system, a gap was created.
Should it be some kind of bug?
Because of this, it was like fools digging their own graves while running amok.
If these conversations were made public now, how everyone in the world would view the Chinese Guild….
There would be no need to elaborate.
Besides, the benefit of doing this is not simply that you can fuck China and Moorim.
If he could hunt down the three great despairs, he could monopolize all of the huge experience and items they gave.
‘It’s a way to catch the rabbit of recognition map and level up at the same time. Ah, the forces that value cause will be very crazy, so all of my public values will be focused only on me.’
If the stage is set up like this, you can’t go without covering it.
Jinhyuk’s palms met.
Now is the time to select people to enter the gate.
“The Chinese side took one spot, so there are two spots left. Of course, one of them is mine.”
There is only one spot left.
Jinhyuk’s eyes twinkled.
While expecting applicants like deterioration.
It was a natural thing, but no one stepped forward.
“Tsk tsk.”
He clicked his tongue as if wishing for what Cheon Yoo-seong wanted.
“Huh huh.”
Ellis whistled and groaned.
“…”
Even Theresa was hesitant.
No, I don’t know about the other guys, but shouldn’t the saintess have to voluntarily give it to me as a human being?
Still, the name is a European hero who stopped the Amsterdam Outbreak?
I thought about it for a second…
No way.
Feeling a deep sense of incongruity, Jinhyuk hesitated.
‘weird.’
Originally, Teresa was a person who showed the end of altruism.
no matter how difficult the situation is.
And even if the target was the enemy they fought just before.
Her sympathy had to be the same.
But are you silent at this time?
Doesn’t this make sense?
Suspicion has turned to certainty, but there is only one way to get accurate evidence.
[Lv9 ‘Eye of Gluttony’ sees through the target!]
Jinhyeok quickly gathered the magic in his eyes.
then that moment.
All doubts were cleared in one shot.
‘Hoo.’
Jinhyuk let out a small exclamation.
this thing is going to be fun
An unexpected and quite interesting variable popped up.
