Episode 85. 5th floor, psychiatric ward (1)
[A present has arrived from the Kingdom of Caladium.]
[Do you want to check it?]
Blinking golden status window.
‘If it’s the Kingdom of Caladium…’
An earthquake occurred in Jinhyeok’s pupils.
A country belonging to an ’empire’ that is hostile to Murim.
One of them was the Kingdom of Caladium.
‘Did these guys start moving too?’
I thought that someday there would be a point of contact. I didn’t know you could move so quickly.
Well, new variables have emerged that can break the tight balance. I have no choice but to be greedy like crazy.
At the same time, it also meant that the situation was rapidly changing to the extent that the Empire, which was stricken with aristocracy, would fold its pride.
‘It’s like Murim and the Empire. They’re trying to preoccupy players with cotyledons in order to change the power structure of the tower.’
What would it be like to come with a bunch of presents wrapped around you? Is it pretty cute?
Jinhyuk smiled and looked at the gift.
It’s time to check the distribution of the guys who dominate the middle layer of the tower.
Tring!
[Acquired the skill ‘Hazy Body Odor’.]
[Hazy Body Odor]
Difficulty to obtain: F
Description: This is a skill that can erase your own smell and breath as well as the tremors of the air. When used, even wild animals will not notice where you are hiding. (Time limit: A cooldown of 24 hours is required when used 3 times in 3 seconds.)
[The system’s deterrence is partially relieved due to the support of higher powers.]
If it were on a different floor…
This skill would be ‘useful’ ‘ would have ended at that level.
This is because the activation time was so short and the number of times was limited.
However, the evaluation is completely different when it comes to escaping through crazy patients and named monsters.
‘As long as the unique abilities and skills are sealed. Skills that used to be F-class have more value than S-class.’
It’s like getting three more lives.
If it goes against the Tower’s restrictions and even gives me this as a gift…
I’m sure I’m quite tempted.
‘I’ll use the skill thankfully.’
There is no reason to refuse to give it away for free to buy favor.
And you don’t have to feel pressured by the gift.
‘I just have to walk a tightrope between various forces and suck all the honey called honey.’
It is a push and pull that burns the opponent’s longing as if it is about to pass.
That is the best position to take in the future.
good.
Now that I have acquired a strong skill, shall I stop going?
Jinhyeok opened the gate to the psychiatric ward.
right moment.
Whoa!
[You have selected the 5th floor ‘psychiatric ward’.]
[Inherent abilities and skills are sealed.]
[There is only one rule to escape the ward by staying alive.] A
status window appeared indicating the start of a new floor.
At the same time, Jinhyeok’s consciousness was blurred.
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Damp air.
The stench of blood and excrement.
A field of vision that cannot see even an inch ahead.
All of this was telling.
The fact that the place you are in is a mental ward that boasts an atrocious survival probability.
Tring!
[Old Dragon. One of the skills is unlocked due to Macedrian’s Tome!]
[You can use ‘Eye of Gluttony’!]
As expected, the status window appeared.
However, ‘Eye’, which has weak restrictions, was one of the skills that could most easily escape from the restrictions of the system.
‘This is why I chose this book from the Great Magic Library.’
by the way.
‘I can’t adapt to the smell no matter how much I set aside anything else. Adaptation.’
Jinhyuk frowned and shook his head.
Right then.
“Ugh…”
“It’s filthy dark. hey! This is the starting point right?”
“Damn, why is this place like this again?”
Other people’s voices could be heard from Jinhyuk’s side.
“Is there anyone who can light a fire?”
“It can’t be because all abilities are sealed. It feels like you’ve completely returned to the original village. this.”
I’ve been using all my abilities until now, but all of a sudden everything has disappeared, so I have no choice but to do that.
It would feel like this if modern people were not able to use electricity.
“uh? I have something in my pocket!”
“pocket?”
“yes. This texture…”
Click!
Roaring!
A small flame appeared in the dark room with the sound of a lighter.
The five men and women could faintly identify each other’s faces.
Western men and women and Asian women. Finally black women.
‘and me.’
There were five in total.
“Whoa. I’ll live for a bit now. If I had known the environment would be like this, I would have chosen another place.”
“hmm? Do I have something in my pocket too?”
“me too.”
“Mine is like a key.”
Survival item given randomly.
Everyone in the room quickly checked their pockets.
Of course, Jinhyeok was the first to confirm which item was given.
‘It’s a ballpoint pen…’
It’s a Monami ballpoint pen that you can often see in the office.
If it was someone else, I would have cursed at him for giving me something useless.
Jinhyeok nodded while looking at the pointy tip of the pen.
‘not bad.’
A true deceased person does not blame tempal.
You just use what you have to get the most out of it.
by the way.
‘Completely only newcomers gathered.’
From the first reaction to the ability to deal with the situation.
everything was clumsy
It must mean that he had no experience clearing a psychiatric ward.
In the past, I would have taken newbies who trembled like chickens with me.
But now there was no reason for that.
Because this wasn’t a game to laugh at.
“It looks like we have to deal with it by ourselves, but has anyone ever been here?”
The big Western man opened his mouth.
“I tried it once, but it was so long ago…”
“In the first place, I heard that the experience of playing the 5th floor was meaningless because the structure and items changed every time.”
“I also chose this place because of that. The mine was so popular that it closed quickly.”
Everyone came here for their own reasons.
Although it was difficult for Jinhyeok to understand any of them.
“I got hit.”
“Let’s talk slowly and then move on.”
Other people were constantly talking, but Jinhyeok’s eyes were on the door.
‘I turned on the lighter, so it’s about time to appear…’
If you light the light, it’s not just your vision.
The moment the player sees through the fire, the guys in this ward will be able to see the players’ presence from beyond.
right at that moment.
that buck that buck
I heard faint footsteps.
The rest of the people were in a state of raising their voices, so they didn’t notice the change.
Everyone is just expressing their opinions to survive in the current situation.
that buck! that buck! that buck!
The footsteps got louder.
Now even the people in the room could hear it.
“What is this sound?”
“Lock the door! Lock the door first!”
“Keugh!”
The wooden door was closed.
almost simultaneously.
bang! bang! bang! bang!
The door rocked back and forth like mad.
“It’s here! Stay in here!”
“Knock-knock!”
“Burn everything! Burn them all and purify them!”
“The blood of the heathen!”
“I will tear you to death!”
A voice full of madness rang out.
“Hey!”
“Damn it. Are you here already?”
“I have to get out of here right now. A door like that won’t last long!”
People who were once patients here have lost their humanity.
Since then, he is offering up as a living sacrifice to an unknown god and spending days stained with blood and madness.
There are now two options left.
fight or run away You must choose one of them.
But the people here didn’t have the option of fighting.
In a situation where you can’t use your ability, how the hell do you mean to fight?
I have to run away.
betimes.
Come on, before your whole body is torn to shreds or burned alive!
“I need to find a place to get out of here!”
The big man looked around frantically.
pounding! pounding! pounding!
My heart was beating fast and my breathing quickened.
People’s voices grew louder.
bang! bang! bang! Kagak! Slap!
Wood shards ricocheted in all directions.
A knife blade with flesh attached was visible between the cracks.
there is no time now
Just a little, a little bit, and the door will be smashed.
at that time.
“here! This way!”
The black woman shouted, pointing at the ceiling.
it’s a vent
You can live by going up. At least you don’t have to die like a cornered rat.
“Hurry!”
“Damn it. quickly!”
The people who had ripped off the vent cover started crazily climbing upwards.
Quaang! Slap!
Now there was a gap the size of a child’s fist.
Through the door, I saw red-tinged eyes.
“Put it up! Bring me up too! hurry!”
Supporting them from below and pulling them from above, they left the room one by one.
however.
“What are you doing? you! Hurry up and join hands!”
Jinhyeok, who is the last one, just stands there. He didn’t seem to want to go to the vent.
“shit. throw away! I can’t even take care of a guy who wants to die!”
“that’s right. Come on.”
“Sheesh!”
The man clicked his tongue.
I looked at Jinhyuk as if I was frustrated, but it was only for a moment.
Chunk!
The vent cover was closed.
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The seal of skills and unique abilities.
These two facts alone heightened the fear players felt.
but.
‘I don’t know what he’s going to do in the future because he’s scared of not having the ability.’
Ability is only a secondary role.
There are so many hellish things going on in the future, but just because I sealed some of my abilities, did I end it from the tail?
‘That’s only for fanatics.’
He could have used the ‘dull body odor’ he received from the Caladium Kingdom, but it was a wasteful skill to use here.
Jinhyeok held the ballpoint pen in reverse.
click!
The tip of the pen came out with a familiar sound.
And right at that moment.
Wow!
The door was smashed and half-naked men entered.
The number is about thirty.
The upturned eyes and bloody appearance are quite grotesque.
“Kill!”
“Cut off your limbs!”
“God wants his blood!”
Rusty scythes, skewers, and kitchen knives flew toward Jinhyeok.
“I’ve been curious about it for a long time.”
When they were AI, there was one question they couldn’t solve.
“I wonder if fanatics can feel fear.”
Human nature hidden in front of madness and blindness.
How long will I be able to wear that mask?
I wanted to check it out.
After those words, Jinhyeok’s body disappeared like smoke.
puck!
“Gagging?”
A ballpoint pen pierced the temple of the man in front.
A thin stream of blood spurted from the wound.
“If you wanted to take advantage of scale, you shouldn’t have come to a place with a narrow entrance.”
What if there are too many people?
There are at most two people who can come in front.
In addition, sickles or long skewers that are difficult to wield in such a narrow place are rather negative factors in fighting.
Jinhyeok pulled out a ballpoint pen and threw himself at the second target.
puck! Fuck!
Eye training (延髓). uvula.
Even if you couldn’t pierce a bone, there were plenty of vital spots you could aim for.
“Quaaaaagh!”
“Aww!”
A terrible scream rang out.
A cold blow that did not put any circumstances in its hands.
In an instant, more than half of them turned into cold corpses.
“….”
“..”
The ferocious momentum was completely broken.
It had to be.
Because the power difference between the two is completely different.
The fanatics who came to kill the players were rather overwhelmed by the opponent’s heinous murder.
“What are you doing? Is it over already?”
Jinhyeok held out a ballpoint pen dripping with blood.
But just then
Wow!
One wall collapsed with a roar.
