Episode 3 The Mangrove Tree of Greed
“Buy and save me. please!”
Lee Jong-soo begged for his life, but Jin-hyeok coldly snorted.
“why me?”
If not, would you sue through that great law firm?
“Let’s go to sleep… Kkeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Aaaaaaa!”
Quadduk!
Kwadeuk!
The tree trunk crushed Lee Jong-soo with great pressure.
The man who was meant to die is dead.
That’s why I didn’t feel any remorse.
‘Even a trash like you can help at times like this.’
All the halfway guys ran upstairs.
‘I guess I can move slowly now.’
Percussion!
Jinhyeok leaped toward the body of the tree.
Now, when most of the tree trunks were absorbing nutrients, this was an opportunity.
of course.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Not all tree trunks are at play.
Along with the sound of the wind, two vines aimed at Jinhyeok.
If you get caught, of course you will end up in the same situation as Lee Jong-soo.
After being crushed, all bodily fluids will be sucked out.
Jinhyeok tilted his body.
‘It’s not difficult to avoid.’
Tree trunks cut through the air collided.
Slap!
Shattered tree splinters.
35 degrees to the right.
22 degrees left.
angle and direction.
As expected, there was no error whatsoever from what I experienced in the game.
at the perfect timing. The tree trunk that was attacking Jinhyeok rather dug into the main body of the mangrove.
Jinhyeok smiled.
‘okay. Finding out the exact trajectory like this and making it attack itself is one of the most difficult things.’
“Goooooooooo!”
The greedy mangrove let out a heavy moan.
Why are you in so much pain when you barely feel any pain?
The size is distracting. Anyone who sees it will know that they poured oil on it and set it on fire.
Jinhyeok grabbed a piece of wood that had fallen to the floor.
“Why don’t we pass the ‘Mokdan’ calmly without tiring each other?”
Since this guy is an event type, he doesn’t give any experience points.
At most, being in the ‘Hall of Fame’ for a day is the end.
It would be better to get what you want than to lose your strength and fight for life.
“Koooooo!”
The mangrove roared wildly.
I don’t know, but that must mean I don’t like it.
can’t do it
I have no choice but to knock it down.
Jinhyeok pointed the sharp part of the tree splinter forward.
[The Mangrove Tree of Greed uses the skill ‘Vampire Vine’!]
Boo!
Booung!
Dozens of tree trunks spewed out all at once.
No matter how hard I was, it would be impossible to avoid all of that.
However, changing the trajectory little by little…
‘It’s possible.’
say it’s possible
Jinhyuk’s eyes narrowed.
At the same time, he moved the tree fragments in his hand according to the timing of the flying tree trunks.
Kagagakak!
A tree trunk that brushed past the ball was stuck on the ground on the other side.
starting with that
Puffer Puck!
A full-scale battle began.
Holding the 30 cm long fragment in his hand in reverse.
that buck
Jinhyuk took one step forward.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
As the distance increased, the perceived speed of the attack also increased.
Puffer Puck!
A close-knit tug-of-war where not even a single mistake is tolerated.
Jinhyeok offset or countered all attacks.
‘I have to ride the rhythm…’
You have to find your unique breath and adjust to it.
No need to be scared.
There is no reason to be afraid.
Because it has already been repeated many times.
Before I knew it, the distance was reduced to 1 m.
Now, with just one leap, I could burrow into him.
pounding! pounding!
I could feel the heartbeat of the tree.
Through the knothole, something resembling a human heart was visible.
That’s my weakness.
But just then.
Whoops!
Something flew all at once between the branches.
It was a butterfly.
Thousands of bluish butterflies.
The appearance of flying through the air while scattering glittering powder created a picturesque spectacle.
“Suck!”
Jinhyuk stopped breathing.
‘Sleep Butterfly.’
These guys use the dust of sleep components as a defense mechanism.
Because the effect appears quickly through the respiratory system, there were many cases where you were helpless when dealing with it for the first time.
But to put it the other way around.
It also meant that as long as they didn’t breathe, they were no threat.
Jinhyeok took a deep breath and burrowed into the main body of the tree in an instant.
A splinter of wood rotating counterclockwise…
Fuuk!
It penetrated the heart of the mangrove.
“Kyaaaaaa!”
A tearing scream rang out.
Tree branches swayed left and right.
Jinhyeok gave more strength to his hands.
Fu-wook! Woowook!
After a while, the screaming stopped.
The tree did not move further.
I finally knocked this guy down.
“Whoa!”
Jinhyuk let out a long breath.
Sweat flowing and heavy breathing.
And even a heart beating like crazy.
Everything made me feel alive.
haha.
‘I never thought that pattern strategy and timing research that I repeated so much would be helpful in this way.’
Suddenly, I felt grateful for everything I had done so far.
It was then.
[You defeated the ‘Mangrove Tree of Greed’ for the first time.]
A status window containing a message of congratulations appeared.
Oh right.
‘Come to think of it, I must have been the first in the world.’
That’s the story…
[Your achievements will be recorded in the ‘Hall of Fame’ for one day starting tomorrow.]
[Please tell me your player name.]
As expected, this will follow.
A beggar system that asks for personal information in order to get into the Hall of Fame.
“There is no such thing as a name. I will keep everything private.”
Jinhyuk answered without hesitation.
Disclosure of personal information is definitely a specification.
If it were revealed that he was a deceased person, he would receive all kinds of attention.
[Name Unknown’s face is mosaicked and voice is altered.]
Complete privacy is not possible in the system.
‘It must mean compromising by hiding who I am.’
Of course, it wasn’t that there wasn’t a way to solve it later.
I couldn’t help it in the first half.
‘Still, it’s better than then.’
At the peak of his second illness in middle school, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame with a barbarian coat and a cigar in his mouth.
It’s a bonus that he muttered ‘The sunset is setting…’.
I was lucky to be in the middle of the day.
If it was a game that people play a lot, they would have been stuffed forever and had to spend painful days.
‘Damn it. Let’s forget about it.’
Just thinking about it made me want to kick the blanket 12 more times.
“Do whatever you feel like.”
Jinhyeok, who clicked his tongue, searched through the gaps in the trees that had died black.
Something caught on my finger.
1 cm in size, green short pills.
[You have acquired the essence of the tree, ‘Mokdan’.]
‘Finally!’
The corners of Jinhyuk’s mouth went up.
If each berry gives +3 to one of Strength Dexterity Stamina Magic.
‘Mokdan’ gives 12 bonus stats.
Considering that the points given per level are 3, it is a whopping 4 levels.
‘Crazy.’
To be honest, there is no item as good value for money as this one.
Even if you look at the entire 50th floor.
gulp!
Jinhyeok put the wood in his palm into his mouth.
Then I felt a warm energy welling up in my stomach.
‘Should I check where it was properly absorbed?’
Jinhyeok activated the status window.
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Name: Kang Jin-hyuk
Gender: Male
Age: 27 years old
Level: 1
Strength 5 Agility 6 Stamina 7 Magic Power 5
Possessed Stat Points: 12
Occupation: None.
Unique Ability: None
Skill: None
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Level is 1.
But possesses 12 stats.
‘It’s the strongest level 1.’
There was no other way to express it.
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Has it been about an hour?
[Tower of Trials] In the ‘Hall of Fame’, a message was uploaded saying that the ‘Mangrove Tree of Greed’ had been defeated for the first time.
With the words that related videos will be updated in 10 minutes.
The Korean server community bulletin board, which had been long gone, was already crowded with countless people.
-4 daughters!: Mch. Is there someone who knocked it down?
-Red Tomato pc room: Nonsense. Was it possible to kill that tree in the beginning? In the past, when I played this game with a clenched fist, I died about 100 times and gave up.
-Babamba: How long did it take you to kill it?
– Succession to the throne: I must have told everyone else to die for 11 years by myself, who had all folded within a year.
-Rabbit Gongdu: It must have been luck or something like that. My brother is one of the deceased, but never in a normal way! NEVER! I can’t catch it even if I die.
-fekk91: That’s right!
-Lovepack7: 222222
-Heisenberg: 333333
Comments flooded.
Except for a few comments at the beginning, most of them were dumbfounded.
Either you got lucky or you made a mistake.
I think it will be one of the two.
but after a while
[The video has been updated.]
As soon as the video was uploaded, the dubious reaction quickly disappeared.
It had to be.
Because I saw the whole process with my own two eyes.
-kdc123: Wow…
-Heisenberg: Heh heh.
-fekk91: I really have nothing to say.
-Inheriting the throne: Honestly, isn’t that enough? Is that a human movement?
-Babamba: You can see how he’s running on tracks with a piece of wood. Captain America is on a business trip to Korea.
-Rabbit Gongdu: Only admiration comes out. It’s crazy. it’s crazy. I also filmed up to the 7th floor, but looking at that, it seems like I should just crouch down. Even if you die and wake up 100 times, you won’t be able to follow that dead person’s toes?
There were some ups and downs, but the reactions of people who watched the video were consistent.
-Kingsman: My name is Park Ho-sik, director of Ohsung Semiconductor. 1 billion as a down payment. And we can pay you 100 million won every month.
-J-Dragon: I’ll give you any amount of money, so if you see this comment, please contact me.
-If you get a blank sheet too: I’m gathering a team right now…
Even the comments begging me to join you were not boring.
Jinhyeok licked his lips while reading the posts in the community.
‘Was it that great?’
Of course, it’s not easy to catch the greedy mangrove at level 1.
In terms of experience, well…
‘I’m not surprised by this much.’
ah! but.
Others haven’t played the mid-to-late half of the tower, so that might be the case.
I keep forgetting that I shouldn’t think of it based on my standards.
Jinhyuk smiled bitterly.
‘By the way, 1 billion…’
Seeing the unrealistic amount reminded me of the past.
It was a life that was difficult to put into words.
Even the rent was often delayed.
There were times when I went hungry for days to pay for food for a mukbang.
If I had presented this money a day earlier, I would have accepted the offer without a second thought.
but now.
give me 1 billion. whether you give 10 billion.
I have no intention of sharing what I know.
‘Money is not important.’
okay.
It’s not that important now.
Jinhyeok searched for ‘National Museum of Korea’ on his cell phone.
A large museum located in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.
While playing the game, overflowing magic power spread all over Seoul due to the aftermath of the Tower of Trials.
Most of them weren’t affected much, but there was one big change.
The relics outside the tower turned into holy relics.
Of course it’s not real.
Because the holy relics with mythical powers were inside the tower.
What I’m talking about now is replica.
In other words, it is a duplicate version.
‘This is where I can get the most replicas.’
A place where numerous relics are kept.
The National Museum of Korea was like a kind of treasure house.
the problem is.
It’s just that they aren’t the only ones looking for this.
Unlike the seven mangrove trees that appeared in Seoul alone, there was only one National Museum of Korea.
There will surely be people from all over the world looking for relics.
And, of course, there will be old people among them.
“I need to get ready soon.”
Jinhyuk shoved his phone into his pocket.
What moves is the night when all the spectators disappear.
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Jinhyeok stopped by E-Mart located in Yongsan Station.
It was because there were items to shop before the sun went down.
‘Let’s see. I got Korean paper to use as paper.’
I also put about 5 30 cm long fruit in the cart.
‘Is this enough?’
It was a little disappointing that the fact that it could be used as a weapon was excessive, but that would be the same for others anyway.
At most, a cleaver or hammer would be all I could get.
Jinhyeok pushed the cart and headed for the checkout.
Just in time, breaking news about the tower was appearing on the display on the TV.
-The government is now actively investigating this situation…
-The President convened the Minister of National Defense and other cabinet members this afternoon…
-…Experts from various fields gathered….
But It was useless to try to come up with countermeasures.
There would be nothing to be gained by substituting logic and reason for supernatural phenomena.
Jinhyuk looked out the window.
I could see the sun setting over the mountains.
the day is over
The night was coming.
