KIM DOKJA'S POINT OF VIEW
I couldn't kill Gong Pildu because he was useful in future scenarios, but I needed Gong Pildu to leave his land. This was a dilemma so I focused on the premise of the dilemma. For example, if he was on 'private land' then I had to destroy the private land.
"Uhh... h-he is out." However, using this method required strong force. "This dog..." An overwhelming force that could destroy a 'huge' private land in one blow. That's why I hastened to evolve Lee Hyunsung.
"Eeeeok...!" The people who fell to the third underground floor groaned with pain. The operation was a success. The green zones disappeared and the landlords lost their 'rooms.' Gong Pildu's face was covered with dust and looked this way. As he was about to open his mouth, Bihyung's voice entered their ears.
[What are you doing now? Waaah!]
'Be quiet.'
[Crazy bastard! The Dokkaebi's of Chungmuro is freaking out because of you!]
[The constellation Prisoner of the Golden Headband likes your recklessness.]
[The constellation 'Bald General of Justice' likes your revolution.]
[The constellation 'Abyssal Black Flame Dragon' likes the destruction and chaos.]
[300 coins have been sponsored.]
I had a headache from the messages of the constellations that rang in my head. "Y-You bastard!" The alliance members shouted at us. I started running down to the platform with Lee Hyunsung. "Kill them!"
[The exclusive skill, Character List is activated.]
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[Character List]
Name: Lee Hyunsung
Attribute: Person who has Regained Justice (Rare)
Stigma: Great Mountain Smash Lv. 1, Great Mountain Push Lv. 2.
Exclusive Skills: Bayonet Skills Lv. 2, Camouflage Lv. 2, Patience Lv. 1, Sense of Justice Lv. 2, Weapons Training Lv. 3.
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The evolution of Lee Hyunsung was successful. Strictly speaking, it was just the start. But the fact that Lee Hyunsung could use Great Mountain Smash would quickly enhance the power of the party. "Hyunsung-ssi, how many more times can you use it?"
"...Probably once or twice more." Lee Hyunsung was gasping for breath and quite worn out. It was natural. The Great Mountain Smash stigma was an ultimate skill that consumed a tremendous amount of stamina and magic power. There weren't many skills that exceeded Great Mountain Smash when it came to pure physical force among the physical reinforcement type skills.
The group of people scattered all over the place seemed to be running in this direction. "Was there anywhere you couldn't break?" I asked Yoo Sangah who was running in the front. "I broke both of them!"
"I didn't realize the rooms could be broken like this. We banged hard on the ground together and it smashed..." Jung Heewon followed. Yoo Sangah, Jung Heewon, and Lee Gilyoung took out the small green zones. Most of the green zones fit three or fewer people, apart from Gong Pildu's green zone. There was some ambiguous scale but a separate person was handling those.
[Hey! Can't you hear me? What are you going to do now?]
On the other hand, Bihyung was still shouting across the 'dokkaebi communication'.
'What are you worried about?'
[Have you forgotten? I'm not the only channel in Chungmuro. Do you not know what will happen if you do this?]
Of course, I knew. Maybe the constellations in the channel with Gong Pildu would be in a frenzy right now. Hmm, this will be interesting.
'What channel is Gong Pildu in?'
[...Biryu's channel. BIR-3642.]
'Biryu is the one who came while you were busy for a bit?'
[That's right. That asshole.]
'How is his subscription configured?'
[It is the flagship channel for the 'finding amusement' group.]
The dokkaebis whose main purpose was to find amusement. That's why their broadcasts were radical. Great. Then the response within the channel would be much hotter than expected. Everyone would've eaten the sweet potatoes properly.
I headed down the stairs of the transfer corridor to line 4 and saw a welcome face. "You broke them?" The blade was moving through the air. "Yes. It was easy." Lee Jihye's role was to take out the green zones that contained five to eight people. It was a task that Jung Heewon would find hard to do alone. Indeed, she was Yoo Jonghyuk's disciple and was the incarnation of the sage hero.
Now there were no more green zones left in Chungmuro. "Now what? Those jerks will come running wildly. Ah, there they are." Lee Jihye's expression twisted as she looked behind me. "I'm not going to help you this time."
"I don't need it." Jung Heewon scowled as she watched Lee Jihye retreating. "What is with her?" Come to think of it, Jung Heewon didn't know about Lee Jihye. But there was no time to tell her.
[Haha... you are fucked now.]
A message was heard along with Bihyung's words.
[A bounty scenario has occurred!]
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[Bounty Scenario – Assassination Commission]
Category: Sub
Difficulty: C
Clear Conditions: The constellations of Channel #BIR-3642 have requested to kill a certain person. Please kill 'Kim Dokja' of Chungmuro Station.
Time Limit: 10 minutes.
Compensation: 2,000 coins.
Failure: None
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I thought this situation would unfold. It was going to be a lot of fun. Now all the incarnations in the region would gather on the platform of line 3 to catch me. "I will receive 2,000 coins if I kill Dokja-ssi right now?" Jung Heewon asked by his side. "Why, are you going to kill me?"
"Aye, perhaps. If you give me 200,000 coins then I don't know." Does this girl know how much 200,000 coins were worth? "go asked Alyona instead, she's your sugar mommy right?" before she could reply "Dokja-ssi. Go behind me." Lee Hyunsung stepped out ahead of me. Jung Heewon stayed beside me while Yoo Sangah and Lee Gilyoung moved to block any access.
It was a defense formed around me. Jung Heewon smiled. "Now I can pay back my debt." There were people showing hostility around us. "Dokja-ssi, we'll try to block it somehow." The angry landowners and the tenants were blinded by the bounty quest. I watched Lee Gilyoung holding the weapon, I opened my mouth to speak.
"Don't be nervous." I lightly stroked Lee Gilyoung's shoulder and moved towards the railway tracks. "We don't have to fight them." It was a few turns. I had read about such a scene. I didn't have time to check which regression it was but Yoo Jonghyuk had destroyed the green zones as soon as he arrived at Chungmuro. Even then, it was like the current situation.
[All green zones in this region have been destroyed and the main scenario has collapsed.]
[The difficulty is automatically adjusted according to the remaining schedule of the scenario.]
[The scenario content is updated!]
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[Main Scenario #3 – Emergency Defense]
Category: Main
Difficulty: B-
Clear Conditions: All the green zones in the region are destroyed and the monsters that were going to be created in the remaining days have suddenly run wild. Survive against the flood of monsters for the remaining time.
Duration: 8 hours.
Compensation: 1,000 coins.
Failure: ―
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[The emergency defense has begun!]
The defense game had started. Originally, there were three days remaining in the scenario. Now the monsters supposed to be created during the remaining time of the green zone scenario would emerge all at once. In other words, it was simple.
"W-What?" The people approaching me started screaming. The cries of monsters were heard from outside the screen door. The feast of monsters moved like an angry wave. "Crazy! What the hell is this?"
The platform of line 3 quickly became a mess. The faces of the people became speculative as they watched the monsters coming from all sides. The bounty scenario was completely forgotten about. A few grolls ran and bit some of the alliance members. The upset people were shouting.
Grrrr!
Now was the only chance. I shouted to my party. "Go to the transfer route!" I started jumping up the transit stairs with my friends. By the time we reached the upper level, people were blocking the path.
"What? Get out of the way!" I kicked some of the followers and pulled out a blade. "Do you want to fall?" The people were surprised by the White Pure Star Energy blade and backed away. "You haven't grasped the situation yet." the people stopped in their tracks. "W-What?"
"Even if you come up, you won't be able to survive." There was a sense of despair in the expressions of the people. "What should we do?" There were no more rooms. Now there were no more safe zones from the monsters in Chungmuro. "What else? Fight."
"Don't speak crazy words! This is all because of you! If you hadn't broken our rooms...!" I triggered the Blade of Faith and used it on the transfer stairs. "Uwaaaaack!" The center of the staircase fell with a large sound, along with the people. It was cruel but necessary.
Kwarurung!
"Crazy! Quickly find another staircase! Quickly!" Well, I don't think it would happen. Lee Hyunsung was already running. I smashed the transit stairs we came upon and there was only one staircase remaining. Subsequently, the sound of arguing and something breaking was heard on the other side.
"Shit! Waaah!" The cries of the people trapped on the platform of line 3 were heard. "Ahjussi. This isn't what you told me. If you leave it like this..." Lee Jihye approached me and asked. "I know."
I looked at the lower floor that was becoming pandemonium. If I left it like this, they would all be killed. Whether it was from the monsters or using each other's bodies as a stepping stone to come upstairs. This wasn't what I wanted.
[The exclusive skill 'Bookmark' can now be activated.]
['Character Bookmarks' is activated.]
[Available Bookmark Slots: 3]
[Bringing up the list of available bookmarks.]
[People Listed in the Bookmark Slots]
The Delusion Demon Kim Namwoon (Understanding 35).Steel Sword Lee Hyunsung (Understanding 65).Demagogue Cheon Inho (Understanding 20).
I activated the third bookmark. and faced the people below readying to speak.
[The number three bookmark has been activated.]
[The level of the Bookmark skill is low, shortening the activation time.]
[Activation Time: 5 minutes.]
[Your understanding of the character is low, so only a part of the character's skill is activated.]
[Incite Lv.2 has been activated.]
Suddenly, it felt like my tongue was coming alive on its own. This was how Cheon Inho felt. I looked downstairs. In the middle of the mess, I could see a middle-aged man. "Hey! Gong Pildu. How long are you going to stand there?" Gong Pildu glared at me.
"This dog...!" he snarled my way "Don't you have to act to live? If you move, everyone else can live." The power of Incite permeated the ears of all the frightened people. "P-Pildu-ssi!" they all hollered at the said man. "P-Pildu-ssi, please save us!"
Gong Pildu's expression distorted. I felt good. This was what Cheon Inho would've felt at Gumho Station. "The third scenario isn't as hard as you think. Once everyone gives up on the rooms and participates in the defense, there are enough people to handle the monsters."
My words were half true. If Chungmuro had united before I arrived here, there would be far fewer victims. After all, the biggest pitfall of this scenario was the green zone. "If Gong Pildu fights with the people, you can survive." Those who fight together would survive, those who ran away would die.
[The sponsor behind Lee Jihye agrees with your wisdom.]
[The constellation 'Maritime War God' nods his head.]
"Now there are no rooms for you to run away to. Forget about whether you are a landlord or tenant and fight. Or you will all die." The more urgent the situation was, the more the effect of Incite would increase. "Damn, this fucking guy...!" his eyes shook as more people clamor beside him.
"Pildu-ssi! Please help us!" The alliance members gathered around Gong Pildu. If he ran away here alone, Gong Pildu's Landlord Alliance would collapse. In the end, Gong Pildu made his decision. "Dammit... Everybody gather here!"
The people downstairs started gathering around Gong Pildu. "I need time to install a new Armed Zone. Everybody just hangs on!" The key was Gong Pildu's, Armed Zone. However, the weak point was that Armed Zone took time to install every time it moved.
Blood splattered everywhere and people screamed as their limbs were torn off. "Aaaagh!" As expected, the first ones who abandoned the formation were the tenants, not the alliance members. "Yoo Sangah-ssi." I didn't need to explain it. Yoo Sangah already understood what she needed to do. "Yes. Please leave it to me."
Her Binding Thread stretched out and started to rescue the people who couldn't fight anymore. In any case, their mission was to buy time for Gong Pildu to deploy Armed Zone. "U-Uhh... t-thank you." The tenants hung from the threat and were pulled upstairs.
The rescued tenants were shaking as they wrapped up their injured area. In the meantime, some of the people with weapons carefully looked at me. I smiled at them and said. "Oh, do you want the bounty?" The tenants seemed ashamed as they put away their weapons. "Sorry, it is too late." I heard Gong Pildu's voice roaring from the bottom. "I-I'm sorry."
[The time limit for the bounty scenario has expired.]
[The bounty hanging on Kim Dokja has been destroyed.]
[The character 'Gong Pildu' has used Armed Zone Lv. 3!]
[The character 'Gong Pildu' has activated 'Armed Zone Lv. 4!]
"Out of the way!" There was a mechanical sound as five turrets rose from the ground. The red magic bullets condensed in a short time and started firing. The ground rats screamed as they were hit by the bombardment of magic bullets while the grolls came to a halt. The group of people cried out.
"As expected of Pildu-ssi!" They all hollered around Gong Pildu as the attack of the monster momentarily halted. "Wahhhh!" The ground rats screamed as they were hit by the bombardment of magic bullets while the grolls came to a halt. The group of people cried out. "As expected of Pildu-ssi!"
"Wahhhh!" It was truly Gong Pildu. In a defense-type scenario, no incarnation surpassed a player's combat effectiveness. The 10 Evils weren't called that for nothing. "All of you damn scum disappear!"
Dududududu!
Kwang! Kwaang! Kwaang!
The agitated Gong Pildu randomly fired. "It is a tremendous stigma. Is it okay when the magic power consumption is so big?" Lee Hyunsung spoke with admiration. "It is a good stigma so it will be okay for a while."
"Should we help...?" He asked reluctantly "Gong Pildu alone is sufficient. If we do down then he will be distracted and stop shooting." The Defense Master sponsor behind Gong Pildu was completely suited for this type of scenario. As long as he supported Gong Pildu, Gong Pildu wouldn't die here.
As long as the sponsorship continued. "We will be sucking honey for a while." I sat down and stretched out my legs. "...Is it time for personal maintenance already?" Lee Hyunsung sat down with me and the party members started to relax one by one. Jung Heewon asked.
"Thank you. I didn't get enough sleep... can I sleep now?" 10 minutes later, Jung Heewon was lying on the ground and snoring. "Yes," I said yes but I didn't know how she could sleep so easily. "A-Aren't we too easygoing?"
Yoo Sangah sounded concerned. Indeed, it would be confusing. "Think of it as standing on the right line." There wasn't a 'scenario' like this so far. All we did was survive the brink of a crisis. "Then over there..."
"They got the wrong line." The confusion on the lower level had almost died down because of Gong Pildu. "Uwaaaaah!" He should've lived a better life. "Fuck! Fuuuuuckers!" Amid the endless procession of monsters, Gong Pildu's screams echoed.
Dududududu!
ALYONA'S POINT OF VIEW
I lurched forward as I chuckled sinisterly at the hiding Dungeon Master's Simulacrum, "Come on now. Don't hide I still have a lot of things to try out." My body blazed a bright yellow around the vicinity of my dungeon. "any minute now I'll find you~" The quick steps of the dungeon master simulacrum resonated around the place.
"Keok..." A choking sound was heard nearby. I grinned wickedly as soon as I found his hiding place. I crept slowly through floating. His shaking figure was visibly seen above. He looks like he's readying a new form of attack.
I used the mind stone to make illusions of me surrounding him. I watch above him as he tried to attack each one advancing towards him. He let out a tired groan as he was punctured with an arrow. The place distorts into a new place, A labyrinth of some sort. The place was a vast garden of flowers.
[THE DUNGEON MASTER USES MIND CONTROL]
I soughed as the flower's vine simultaneously went to assail the Simulacrum of the Dungeon Master. I laughed loudly as he tried to attack my fallacies. "Do you see the gap between us now?" He turned to me after he saw me hovering above him.
"let's play a new game..." He stared at me for a moment before nodding. "Let's play the game ABC." He looks at me skeptically, "where the both of us are gonna sit in a room, and as the minutes go by each letter dissipates and we can't use it any longer..." He looks at me and nodded. "that's easy, I suggest we do it back in my dungeon..."
I smiled after hearing him talk the first time, "Let's do that." We returned to Chungmuro in a bit. He was astounded as he noticed the place distort into an empty place with only a table and two chairs. Junghyuk was standing inside the force field now looking intently at us.
"Junghyuk-ssi do me a favor and don't talk unless you want your soul to dissipate into nothingness..." He grumbled at my words but oblige nonetheless. "I'll explain the rules of the games once more, Each letter contains 2 minutes, as two minutes pass one letter can't be used, If I win you'll get to control me. But if I win..."
The Simulacrum gulp in nervousness "of course." I smiled subtly at him and a timer floated. "the goal here is for you to let me keep talking and the same goes for me..." Messages from the constellations exploded in my ears. I looked at the table as each letter glows. "Junghyuk-ssi the rules also applied to you..." He nodded again without uttering anything.
[THE CONSTELLATIONS ARE INTRIGUED BY THE GAME]
[A FEW CONSTELLATIONS ARE HOLDING THEIR BREATH]
[THE CONSTELLATION WHO LOVES TO CHANGE APPEARANCE SAYS YOU'VE CHANGED]
[A FEW CONSTELLATIONS ARE WONDERING ABOUT YOUR RELATION TOWARDS THE CONSTELLATION WHO LOVES CHANGES HIS APPEARANCE]
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The thread of the messages kept pouring in, I paid no heed to it. Then 5 minutes past A and B are now gone. "I see, You're holding out pretty well." He glowered at my words, looking as though his pride is hurt. I snapped my fingers and a few random items appeared. "Things seem so wrong for you," He fumed at my words and attempt to open his mouth, But the letter C just disappeared.
He closes back his mouth seeing that, "Few more letters to go." Junghyuk in my peripheral vision is sweating as he looks at the times, every word that I spoke does not contain any letters that just disappeared. "This is the worst turn of events." The Simulacrum muttered.
"Uh-huh, it is." He thinks hard as he gazes at each letter, probably thinking of the best words to say. "The fourth letter is now gone..." He sweated profusely at my words. he glared at me but my attention was on the outside. "If you think of hitting me..." I look back at him with a sinister smile.
"Sorry" I shook my head at his half-ass apology. Then time tick instantaneous than intended I was busy reading a book while he was occupied looking at the letters. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Those were the only letters left now spread out on the table.
Now the real games begin, I hope the game would buy enough time for Dokja to arrive.