Chapter 61
Episode 61. Library of Andras (1)
Anelka-style human mutilation.
pug.
“Kwoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
The heavy body of the monster ‘Acid Crasher’ fell down, smashing numerous trees.
“It’s a monster monster.”
“Cutting that huge monster with a single knife.”
“Where did a player like that come from?”
The players assigned to the same stage as the sun looked at him with tired faces.
It was a level difference that I couldn’t even dare to approach.
“Isn’t there something wrong with this?”
“That man is also a player? Aren’t you a monster?”
“If you were a player, your name would have been known at least once… … .”
The sun tickled his ears nervously.
“It makes people feel bad.”
Chew.
At the same time, as the sun lightly brushed its lightsaber and looked around, many players turned their heads at once.
-Ah, is this the gaze of ‘Iljin-chan’?
-It’s spectacular. lol.
-Ah haha I agree. If we make eye contact, that day I will have to buy banana milk. Haha For reference, I ordered it for 500 won, but I had to leave 1,000 won.
-Your case is very specific.
– It’s an experience.
-aha.
The sun looked at the players around it.
They could run away if necessary, but they were following him pretending not to know, maintaining a distance that would keep the sun in sight.
It was because of the nature of this stage.
14th floor stage ‘Survival’.
It was literally a stage where all you had to do was survive.
A stage that does not show how many people have entered or how many people are still alive, but is automatically cleared when the number of players reaches half of the first number entered.
In this ‘survival’ stage, there was a rule that prohibited killing between players, which was very unusual for a stage in a dimensional labyrinth.
“Sheesh. Even if there were no such rules, it would have been over.”
-Still, it would be nice if there was a stage like this once in a while. Is it easy and convenient?
Taeyang muttered dissatisfiedly with his mouth hanging out.
“Still, I feel bad. Those gloomy bastards sneak up on you.”
– ㅇㅋ I can’t stand free rides.
– If you’re going to ride, pay the bus fare. —-
Of course, there was no reason for the players not to follow the sun.
In the forest, powerful monsters appeared at regular intervals to kill the player.
However, in the area where the sun stayed, monsters became the prey of the jokjok sun and collapsed in an instant.
Conflicts between players must have been systematically blocked. Of course, I had to follow him.
Messiah comforted the sun.
“Still, a lot of them would have died except for the players here.”
“It should be. How much time have you spent here?”
Messiah looked at the sun with strange eyes.
The sun was grumbling disgruntledly, but in Messiah’s mind things were pretty good right now.
This is because if you gain fame, you can take a good position in the ‘Clan Recruitment’ that will take place after the ‘imprint’, the rite of passage you will experience at the 15th floor integrated shelter.
In the integrated shelter, there were several communities created by players who had already climbed the dimensional labyrinth for a long time.
Clan ‘Flame’ created by Dantalian users, ‘Astronomy’, a clan created by master ‘Heo Gong’ from Changchun in the martial arts dimension, ‘Steel Wolf Mercenaries’ from Eden in the fantasy world dimension, and so on.
This kind of community had a huge impact on the future of players after the 15th floor.
Information sharing, item card pushing, etc. are just that.
Just as most users share information about stages with each other in the Internet community, information about stages was shared within communities such as clan guilds.
Information sharing within the community was accepted as more valuable than information shared by users.
The amount and variety of information cannot beat the real Internet community, but the information that high-ranking players directly release is much more reliable than that of the Internet.
In addition, from the user’s point of view, it would be nice to be able to cross-verify information released on the Internet as well as information released by NPCs.
In addition, support for equipment and cards is an advantage of a painful clan community.
Every time a new player enters the 15th floor, the community checks the result of ‘imprinting’ and tries to recruit a player with good talent.
If it’s natural, it’s a natural story.
As you go up to higher floors, the level of difficulty in the dimensional labyrinth increases rapidly, and your colleagues die one by one.
In this environment, it was an important factor to preoccupy and nurture talented players who could be entrusted with their backs.
Getting famous among players right before the 15th floor was a great way to appeal to strong communities.
‘To meet such a timely stage at such a timing. It’s not just the ability, it’s also lucky.’
Of course, I had no intention of putting him down just because Taeyang was lucky.
A lucky day comes to everyone once.
However, not many people took that luck as an opportunity.
Even the Messiah knew that the present situation could not have been created if the sun had not accumulated such overwhelming abilities.
Then, a system window appeared in front of all users.
[Survivors are halved. A ‘door’ is created.]
[The ban on killing players is removed.]
At the same time, a large light burst from the center of the forest.
The light pointing to the location of the ‘door’ was clear.
momentary silence.
Soon, cold sweat began to flow on the backs of the players.
“Move fast!”
“If you get caught by that monster, it’s the end. hurry!”
If caught, die.
There was a monster among them that was bigger than the monsters that appeared throughout the stage.
The players scattered like field mice that sensed an earthquake.
The sun looked at them and bent its wrists.
“Didn’t you know that if your friends get caught taking a free ride, you have to pay thirty times as much?”
You’ll have to repay the additional money with lives, cards, and equipment.
***
[5-2 Survival: Survive. – Pass]
[Acquisition Acquisition: Tyrant face-to-face, tyrant suppression, relentless chaser, boss hunter, forest lord, highwayman, last escape survival clear]
[Gold coins: +20 Current holdings: 415]
– Not enough achievements.
– It’s meager. TTTT.
– What are only 8 of them? TTTT.
-It should have a mulberry taste that goes down. TT.
-Doesn’t it give you achievements because you’re too strong?
-Maybe. ㅡㅡ I heard you also received 5 Messiahs.
– In the meantime, 20 won gold coins are moxibustion. Jackpot c.
– It seems there was nothing to do. this stage.
Hyeon-hye muttered in a sad voice.
-It was big that it was a stage that wasn’t revealed too much.
The ‘survival’ stage was a rare stage that neither Messiah nor Hyunhye knew about the stage.
“If it had been as complicated as the ‘Bounty’ stage, I would have done something more. It’s so simple… … .”
– From now on, there will be quite a lot of things like this. Roughly from now on. It’s about the top 1% area. From now on, there are more stages you don’t know than stages you know.
At Hyeon-hye’s words, Tae-yang questioned.
“No, no matter how top 1%… … . There were 300 million Dantalian concurrent users, but 1% is 3 million. Aren’t there enough?”
-Ah, you can’t just calculate like that.
“then?”
-The number of users who actively record and share information is, of course, only a fraction of them, and considering that among them, they are caught in the ‘survival’ stage and the conditions for finding out the conditions for obtaining hidden pieces or achievements… … .
Taeyang grabbed his forehead as he felt that the complicated words were going to become long.
“sorry. It’s my fault. Stop because your head hurts.”
– What are you doing wrong? That’s just how it is.
Until now, Taeyang had taken Hyeon-hye’s help lightly, but in reality, it was very difficult to find the conditions for obtaining a hidden piece or achievement.
A phenomenon can be estimated only when many cases are repeated, and based on the estimation, it can be passed to a specific level. This is because various tasks were required through information collection and statistical arrangement.
-Do you see now what a great person I am?
“Didn’t you just hear from the people around you?”
– No! I analyze myself! uh? Seed! Could you just let me know that I’m asking for this kind of information? just this… … .
As she spoke, Hyeon-hye’s voice, which had been soft, became rough.
“Ah Okay. Sorry. why are you angry… … .”
The sun, which had been strong these days, shrank without even realizing it.
– Ha ha ha ha Gradient fury.
-What. lol.
– No, it’s worth getting angry. lol.
-How valuable is the moon?
[‘Ko Yeon-soo’ donated 1,000 won!]
[I, Ko Yeon-soo, are waiting for streamer Moon’s cam broadcast.]
-Oh, long time no see.
-Trainee seat It seems that you are tired of living these days ㅜㅜ 1,000 won.
-Come to think of it, is the moon cam silver?
-When are you tall? Come on then!
-Yes~ There is only Messiah here on Dantalian Broadcasting, right? Should I come here to see it?
It was then.
[You have achieved 100 achievements. You get the ‘Special: Phantasmal Metamorphosis’.]
“The sun?”
“uh?”
“What is this!”
sigh.
The spirit of the sun flickered with the sound of bones.
***
The sun, who had been lying down, opened his eyes.
“Huh!”
“sun!”
“Are you okay?”
– Taeyang, are you okay?
The sun groped over me and answered.
“Uh what. are you okay. what… … . what was it I had the illusion that my whole body was suddenly twisted.”
Taeyang soon realized that people around him were looking at him strangely.
“What?”
-Look at the status window.
“Status window?”
[Status: Achievement (107) – Solo Player Perfect Clear (No Hit)… … .]
[Owned Gold Coins: 415]
[Card Slots]
1. Blood-fed Katana (R): Agility +1 Strength +1 Vampirism +1
2. Monk’s Belt (R): Agility +1 Strength +1 Divinity +1
3 .Regeneration Power (R): Strength +2 Lifesteal +1 Skill – Power of Regeneration
4. Stormbringer (U): Agility +2 Hero +1 Swordsman +1
5. Earring of Faith: Divinity +1
6. Bloodseeker (血鬼’s Thoughts (R): Agility +1 Martial Arts +1 Vampirism +1
7. Closed.
[Skill – Blood Recharge: Paralyzes the sense of pain and strengthens the overall body function.] [
Skill – Power of Regeneration: Gains the regenerative power of the giant snake Aksharon for 3 seconds. (Cooldown 1200 seconds)]
[Skill – Storm Bringer: Summon Storm (暴風召喚): The storm spirit lord Arasil strikes the body of player Taeyang Yoon. (48 hours cooldown)]
[Synergy]
Strength (2): Strength correction
Tenacity (2): Stamina Physical defense correction
Agility (2/4): Dexterity correction/extra agility correction
Divinity (2): Add 20% to all attacks Damage
Vampire (2):
Recovers physical
strength in
proportion
to the damage dealt
.
“A metamorphosis? Was what I went through a metamorphosis?”
The metamorphosis seen in martial arts?
Only then could Taeyang realize the meaning of his gaze.
I couldn’t have been surprised when a person who had been standing normally would suddenly be reassembled with the sound of bones breaking.
“hmm. Doesn’t it smell? Originally, it was said that after metamorphosis, waste products come out.”
“I know you are grateful. Because I cleaned it up.”
Ran muttered with a sullen face.
The sun was startled and covered itself.
“Oh, did you say that you washed my body?”
“Wipe something! I did it with wind magic!”
“It’s a surprise. I again.”
Taeyang, who replied calmly, tilted his head.
“Hwangoltaeoltae. Nothing seems to have changed much.”
-Drain your mana. When I searched for a martial arts site, they said that I was free to use my ki.
“Gira.”
cooong.
the sun has set
In response to the transcendent advance ceremony, mana rose from the surroundings.
“Hmm sure.”
Messiah asked.
“Has anything changed?”
“Feeling a little cleaner?”
“what?”
“I know. I don’t know.”
Ran, who was watching from the side, shook his head.
“To a guy who doesn’t even know what martial arts is, such a miracle. It’s a waste, it’s a waste.”
“what?”
“If what you went through is true, there are two things that have changed. Wastes are removed from the body and the body becomes stronger.”
“Is that the end?”
“If you were a military man, your energy and veins would get tired, and your Imdokyang veins and life-and-death hall would burn… … . Is this the opposite of the antecedent? Anyway, it can be said that my body has become much more suitable for using martial arts, but you don’t use martial arts.”
The sun scratched its head.
“So nothing has changed?”
“It’s healthier.”
-I can’t… … . It’s a reward for 100 achievements.
“Well, I’ll find out later. If you think you won’t be able to use it, you can learn martial arts from above.”
Ran nodded her head.
“It looks like you will learn martial arts soon. How’s your body anyway?”
“Your condition is fine.”
“Can we move on to the next stage right away?”
“I guess so.”
The sun set right away.
Soon a person appeared with the door.
A demon king with the face of a crow and the body of an angel.
It was Andras.
“Andras?”
Messiah murmured, and the crow nodded.
“Is there anyone who recognizes me? It’s been a while.”
“Oh what.”
Messiah spoke roughly.
Ran, as always when he met the demon king, had a very firm expression.
Andras smiled broadly at her.
“You don’t have to be so nervous. I just came here to explain the next stage.”
“A stage description?”
At Andras’s words, Messiah and the three users behind him asked back at the same time.
“Yes, explain the stage. Before that, first.”
Right.
Andras snapped his fingers and a large building appeared.
[5-3 Library of Andras: Distort the contents of the book.]