Chapter 11 Slime is too strong (7)
Virtual reality.
A device that allows users to experience virtual reality through direct data sharing between the brain and computer.
Dreamer.
[Virtual reality will literally change the life of the entire human race.]
Numerous scientists snorted at the announcement that virtual reality would reveal itself to the world.
[A direct connection between the brain and the computer? Where have you been abducted by aliens? Brain science is still in its infancy, but virtual reality!]
[I don’t know where I heard that, but they’re probably all scammers or very crude garbage. Maybe it will take about 100 years for virtual reality to be developed?]
First of all, Dreamer, who took off the veil, leaving behind those who asserted that it was a fraud, and Arcadia, a virtual reality world based on it. After these two were revealed, the world was caught up in a great cataclysm.
[Direct connection between the brain and computer, nothing has been accurately verified about the effects and dangers of it on the human brain!] [
This crazy technology has advanced so much that they have created such nonsense!]
All of them are bullshit. Those who dismissed them were astonished and frustrated by the virtual space that seemed more realistic than the reality that embodied all five human senses. Even those who were proud of themselves as the best authorities in the field had no choice but to keep their mouths shut as they felt the potential of the three conglomerates who created these monsters and products made with enormously advanced science and technology that they could not dare to touch.
Corporation Argos.
Silicoff Bio Industries.
Ajin Electronics.
A product of parascience created by an unprecedented collaboration between the world’s leading bio software and electronics companies. No one could understand why they suddenly teamed up to develop such a ridiculous product, but what followed was even more incomprehensible.
[Each company will invest its capital and we will establish a company called ‘Arcadia’. And we will provide Arcadia, another world based on virtual reality, to the whole world.]
Arcadia Co., Ltd., a subsidiary company created by a joint venture between three global companies. After launching Arcadia for the first time in the United States, the company began to expand beyond Korea with tremendous expansion by launching or preparing for release in countless countries such as Europe, Australia, China, and Japan.
And Lee Mi-yeon, the president of Arcadia Co., Ltd., who leads such a company, was having a headache because of managing director Kwon Myeong-han who kept coming in and out of her office.
“So… you mean I want to request permission to directly intervene in the situation that is happening in the game right now?”
Compared to Executive Director Kwon Myeong-han, President Lee Mi-yeon looks much younger. Looking now in her mid-thirties, she asked, carefully reading the report on her desk.
“That’s right. The current situation has deteriorated more than expected and is approaching an impossible situation. It’s better to take action now…”
At that, CEO Lee Mi-yeon took off her glasses and sighed.
“It was the same with the slime stats adjustment the other day, but you said it was impossible, right?”
“…..”
At the words of President Lee Mi-yeon, Executive Director Kwon Myung-han kept his mouth shut with a hard face. Seeing him like that, she said in frustration.
“Our company, Arcadia Co., Ltd., is a company that plans and develops the overall operation of the game and the details of event quests. How the things we develop are flowed and used in the game and what kind of stories are created are things that must be thoroughly seen in the hands of users.”
Limitless possibilities and limitless freedom.
This is the company’s motto and the first and last guidelines given by three large companies that can be seen as the actual owners of this company. Therefore, President Lee Mi-yeon also said firmly to Executive Director Kwon Myung-han, as if there was no room for compromise in this area.
“Accept whatever results come out and make appropriate responses at that time for the part to be dealt with later. I don’t want to hear any suggestion that we intervene to prevent the worst possible event from ever happening.”
“But, sir! The current quest might destroy the beginner village…!”
No matter how much you boast about infinite freedom, isn’t it completely crossing the line to completely destroy a village? Executive Director Myung-Han Kwon knew everything about the company’s guidelines and motto, but he was prepared to hear something about the fact that the beginner’s village, which his subordinates had been implementing over and over again for a long time, could disappear within a month of opening like this.
[Tiriling. A new update has been made. Please check the relevant information.]
Suddenly, a very clear notification sound came from President Lee Mi-yeon’s computer.
Notification sound when an automatic update by Alice occurs. When Executive Director Myung-Han Kwon, who knew the meaning of the sound, turned pale, CEO Lee Mi-yeon checked the sound on the monitor.
“Chief of the company… can it be that right now…?”
Anxiety creeping up from the depths of your heart. And as if that anxiety was correct, CEO Lee Mi-yeon nodded as if executive director Myung-han Kwon’s prediction was correct.
“The beginner village of the 2nd Continent, where Korean users play, has been destroyed as of the current time.”
“That’s like that…”
Executive Director Myung-Han Kwon stood blankly with a dying face on his face. Looking at him as if his soul had run away, CEO Lee Mi-yeon said in a lively voice.
“Related updates have already been delivered to the executive director’s computer, so please check them and report the actions taken accordingly. As soon as possible.”
A very vivid fantasy flickered in the eyes of the executive director who had given her advice. That is the look of the development department employees who must be frustrated and screaming in anger below them.
* * *
“Kwuuuuuuu!”
Tong Tong-
Tong Tong-
The slimes are bouncing around and approaching the entrance of the beginner village.
“Fuck die!”
“Aaaaaaa! Please stop, you guys!”
“Fire Lance! Fireball!”
Cute slimes, no, X-like slimes.
After catching slime so much, now there are a lot of people showing a game just by looking at the green. It’s literally at the level of going crazy as if you’re suffering from collective PTSD. However, thanks to their efforts, the timer almost ran out before anyone knew it.
[Time remaining: 12 minutes and 24 seconds.]
Twelve minutes. The time limit of three hellish days was reduced to 12 minutes.
That’s why those who killed another group of slimes began to cheer their victory early.
“Aaaaaaa! It’s finally over!”
“Don’t ignore human potential, you fucking jelly bastards!”
“compensation! compensation! Main ScenarioOhhh!”
While people popped champagne here and there, saying that it was a human victory, Vern sat down at the entrance of the village, gasping for breath.
“Ahhh… I really want to die.”
Bern, who resides at the entrance of the village and focuses on defense without resting even once. Then a guard NPC approached him and asked.
“Thank you. Thanks to you, I was able to protect this village without dying.”
Is it because he saved me from dying several times? Looking at the guard who approached and expressed his gratitude, Vern nodded and said,
“What. Of course I did what I had to do.”
“No. Seeing you reminds me of the brave and righteous fighter my grandfather once told me about. He said he always helped people in crisis, just like you did.”
“Ah… yes…”
While Vern was answering with a confused expression, not knowing how to react to the sound of embarrassment, the guard asked him with a slightly serious face.
“If you have time later, could you come visit me? The record of that fighter remains in my grandfather’s diary.”
random question. However, Bern’s eyes widened at the question. It was because of the translucent window that appeared in front of his eyes.
[You have met all the requirements for the Hidden Class Guardian Transfer.]
[Do you accept the quest ‘Hero of an Old Story’?]
Hidden Class.
The fact that he was given the opportunity to change his job to a hidden job in the game that he had only heard about, Bern could not calm down his trembling heart.
‘Wow… the main scenario is really crazy!’
A golden opportunity obtained through chance. Bern, who did not want to miss the opportunity, accepted his offer calmly.
“Let it be. I’m also curious about the projection of that story.”
The guard smiled contentedly at Vern’s answer. Then, he turned his gaze towards the crowd of slimes that were approaching again and said.
“Heh heh…. I will be waiting for you. Let’s finish all of this for now.”
But Bern and the guards did not know. 10 minutes left until the end of the quest.
The fact that the slimes will also do their best for the remaining 10 minutes.
[The humans who brutally slaughtered innocent slimes for a long time.]
[The slimes, who couldn’t stand to see the atrocities of those humans, started resisting.] [
And decided for those who were burning with vengeance.]
[Their rulers themselves Please step out.]
A message suddenly popped up as soon as the remaining time reached 10 minutes.
And along with that, at the entrance of the beginner village, a huge greenish appearance that had never appeared before appeared with a loud roar.
Wow.
[Boss Monster King Slime has appeared.]
[Remaining time: 9 minutes and 58 seconds.
]
A round appearance.
Pure and sparkling eyes.
A cry that sounds cute.
However, the huge and massive size of a 10-story building made it impossible to dare to say that it was cute. And that slime was slowly approaching the beginner village.
“Aaaaaaa! crazy! What is that!”
“Ah, you damn gamers. I knew it would be like this.”
“10 minutes left, why the fuck!”
Originally, the law should not be vigilant until everything is over. King Slime, who appeared at the end of the quest as if trying to enlighten the natural truth of his life, began to jump out confidently among the users who greeted him with splendor.
Kwaang- Kwaang-
King slime’s movement that creates a roaring sound and vibration that is different from normal slime. Just by being covered by that massive body, the users had already disappeared into a gray light.
“There’s everything like that!”
“Attack! Whatever it is, whether it’s magic or arrows, let it fly!”
“Benefit… Magic Bolt!”
“Fire lance!”
“Ice Ball!”
Magic flying all over the place. However, with a face as if this was the best thing to do, King Slime began to mercilessly crush the humans who attacked him one by one.
“Kwuuuuuuu!”
One-sided slaughter. But in the middle of the confusion, someone shouted.
“5 minutes! Hold on for 5 minutes! Once that bastard attacks, he can’t do anything because he’s busy catching and killing the attacker! If we keep them from going to the town square, we’ll win!”
A strategy found by the person who figured out the King Slime’s characteristics. It was a simple ignorant man-made tactic.
Players had hope as they saw that the humans who attacked them had the highest priority over the guard stones in the town square.
“Fuck! Don’t worry about dying, attack first!”
“It’s okay if you don’t take damage, so all those who can attack from a distance come and attack!”
“Aaaaaaa! Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
“Kwuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”
This was a truly horrifying sight to see.
Like the king slime that roars and roars and smashes the village, as if it wants to kill all the moth-like humans who rush to it even though it knows it is dying.
And while all of this was fussing around, the timer was approaching the end before anyone knew it.
[Remaining time: 10…. 9…. 8…. 7…. 6…. 5…..]
“It’s over, you fucking jelly bastard!”
Someone shouted with 5 seconds left. Intoxicated with a sense of victory, he shouted at the guard stone in the town square and the king slime that was killing users from afar. And that moment when a similar sense of victory lingers in everyone’s eyes. Suddenly, numerous messages began to fill everyone’s eyes.
[The guardian stone that guarded the village was destroyed.]
[The quest ‘Wrath of Slime’ failed to clear.]
[The beginner’s village is permanently destroyed.]
“…?”
“Eh….?”
In a situation that everyone couldn’t understand, they stood there as if time had stopped and stared blankly at the message.
A bloody killer wearing a dark hood.
At his feet, holding a rusty iron sword, lay the guardian stone of the shattered village.
And he said to everyone who was looking at him with an absurd face.
“Oops, my hand slipped.”
