Chapter 44

MARCH 2, 2016 COYOTTE508 28 COMMENTS

At that moment the fairy appeared above everyone’s head .

‘…’

While Chulman frowned, the fairy quickly started to babble:

“Hello everyone . Congratulations on clearing a room . Heehee . It was decent enough for 10 people to clear right?” .

Everyone unconsciously nodded at these words .

It took about a day for them to get through one room .

And runes had come out too .

The fairy spoke as it looked at these people .

“Well it’s exactly at the difficulty for 10 people . But isn’t the reward a bit too lacking for a day’s worth of work?”

Everybody flinched .

‘Looking at it again… . ’

They had ignored it because they were hunting the beasts whilst being on guard with the nearby people but it seems like the beasts they had killed had not dropped a single artifact .

‘This is a bit troublesome . ’

Artifacts and skills were important beyond anything else .

Runes did not create a substantial gap and even if there was a gap it was still possible to catch up to it .

But a good artifact or a skill was different .

Chulman had an incident where he collided against somebody of similar skill level as him .

A guy who tried to rape a woman .

Thoughts of his daughter enraged him and made him collide against him .

Of course he had calculated that the guy would realize their skill levels and then refrain from colliding against each other .

But this was a misconception .

They were at similar levels in terms of strength but a huge difference was made at a decisive moment due to their artifacts .

He had almost died because his sword had broken apart after colliding against that guy’s sword a few times .

If you take into account the fact that the difficulty of the Tower would continue to increase then the level of one’s artifacts could not stay stationary .

The fairy smiled while looking at the people trapped in their thoughts .

“Come on everybody . We aren’t that heartless . We’ve prepared it right here! Since it has taken around one day the rewards should be around this much right?”

The fairy pointed towards the entrance .

The people who saw this stopped for a moment .

Artifacts were placed in front of the 10 doors .

Artifacts that were listed under the 10 Man Room on the map .

…

Chulman asked the fairy:

“Do we just need to take one of them then?”

Ten people . Ten doors . 10 variety of artifacts .

It was quite an obvious choice .

The fairy grinned at these words .

“How could that be . Only one out of those 10 doors will open . ”

“…One? Then ten people would go through one door but only one artifact will be given?”

The fairy smiled as it spoke again .

“Could you first check the standards of those artifacts?”

Everyone pulled out their maps as they started to check the options of the artifacts .

And then flinched .

‘… Why is there so much difference?’

, which was in front of the door which said was pretty good but it was something one could achieve by working just a bit harder .

And 10 of them existed too .

On the other hand, the single which was in front of the room with or two of in front of the room with were at a level which couldn’t even be compared to something like Haul’s glove .

An overwhelming difference in power .

The fairy laughed as it saw this .

“The figure listed in front of the door isn’t a number . It is something that tells you about how many could survive . The number of people leaving this room alive hangs on your decisions . Heehee . ”

“…”

“It’s not bad to choose the 10th door and leave together in a nice manner with Haul’s Gloves . Though I wouldn’t recommend it due to the structure of the tower . ”

“Fuck…”

It wasn’t just a problem of this moment .

He would just be dead meat if he was to take the Haul’s glove and was to face a crossroad of choice like this and meet somebody who had killed off the other nine and had gotten something like the hook .

Chulman cursed out loud as he gripped the sword in his hands .

The moment they started to move away from each other Suhan shouted out .

“Wait! Come to your senses! Isn’t it a safer choice to get through the next level together as ten!”

Everyone flinched at these words .

Of course it was logically better to have nine comrades than a single weapon like that .

And even more so if you take into account that you were the one who might die during the fight .

The fairy smiled .

“I don’t know . Heehee . Is it okay for you guys to be at such a leisure when this is just a start? After this room…”

Suhan aggressively glared at the fairy as he shouted .

“Shut up . ”

“…”

Everyone flinched as they got away from Suhan .

‘That guy . What are his thoughts . To go up against the fairy…’

Chulman looked at Suhan with a worrying expression .

He felt bad for him because though guy’s personality was pretty good, he was about to get killed by the fairy .

But the fairy didn’t act out and instead made an amused expression as it spoke:

“What an aggressive man . Can I really not speak about it then?”

But then a man in the corner spoke out .

“No . Please continue . I must hear this out . ”

The man looked at Suhan as he spoke .

“You shut up instead . Shouldn’t we at least hear what is about to come . If you aren’t going to take care of all our lives then don’t cut off important intel . Do you want to die or something . ”

“… This bitch . ”

Suhan glared at the man but he could not swing his sword .

Because that guy was one of the three strongest along with Suhan .

If they fight here then they would be helping them to choose the eighth room .

The fairy continued to talk .

“It might not be bad to go along with ten people but you will cross against the people of other rooms . Though the number of people you would get tangled up with depends on the room . ”

Everyone became serious at these words .

If they choose Haul’s glove then all ten of them could survive .

But going together at this moment did not guarantee them going together next round .

‘No . It’ll be good if we don’t become enemies then . ’

This was proven by previous experiences .

And what if the people they meet in the next room had also been in a 10 Man Room but chose the 3rd or 4th door?

What if they were from a 40 Man Room and had chosen the 10th door?

If you start at similar starting points then the level of artifacts was the most important part .

If they head off like this then they have to go against people who are armed with much more powerful artifacts .

“…”

Everyone’s expressions turned cold .

A definite decision to increase their chance of survival in this damnable structure .

Keep on choosing the low-numbered door and arm themselves .

It might be hard in the beginning but once they grasp the advantage the gap will continue to increase .

But even though everyone had such thoughts they couldn’t move thoughtlessly .

Since there was no guarantee that they would be part of the winning side even if they felt greedy .

Suhan spoke cautiously whilst looking at everyone:

“Wait! If we fight here then we might receive injuries and get hurt! If we go into the next room in such a situation then it’ll still be dangerous! It’s just better to go as ten…”

“Oh . All your injuries would get healed as soon as you go through the door . We should at least give that much as service when you fought so hard to take over . Heehee . Having a limb cut off is okay too so fight well . ”

“This damnable…”

While Suhan was flustered from the fairy’s words, Youngjae looked at Suhan for a moment and then smirked .

“Why are you trying so hard to survive all together . Quite a funny guy . ”

“What?”

Before Youngjae’s words ended, a woman started to walk towards Youngjae’s side .

Suhan narrows his eyes .

Mijee .

One of the three strongest along with Youngjae .

“What is…”

“I just like the idea on this side . Let’s do it simply . Those who want to be with us stick here . We can organize it roughly . Even if it isn’t the 1st or 2nd room hmm… 4? 5th room sounds good?”

‘Damnit… it seemed like they were talking quite a bit on the way here…’

Chulman grinded his teeth as he looked at Youngjae and Mijee .

They didn’t predict things up to this point but had shared some part of their thoughts .

Suhan grinded his teeth and shouted at the scene in front of him:

“You crazy bastards! Why are you doing this when we can end it without fighting…”

Youngjae laughed .

“We could end it without fighting . But it seems like if we were to do so here then we would get eaten by those who had fought and won . That’s what I’ve had to go through . ”

“Fuck…”

While Suhan grinded his teeth, Youngjae clicked his tongue inwardly .

“It’s going to take all day . ”

As soon as his words ended, Youngjae rushed out and swung his sword around him .

Kwadududk .

Ududuk .

“Kuaaaak!”

Chulman, who had been off guard, had his wrist cut off .

He had tried to dodge backwards because he wasn’t that dull but his wrist had flown off because there was a bit too much difference from the start .

Everyone who had seen this started to crazily head behind Suhan .

They had all realized .

That they would all die if this was to continue .

That guy was a maniac .

“You bastard!”

The opponent was two .

But it was two of the three strongest people here .

‘Damn… and that guy was hiding his true strength . ’

Chulman grinded his teeth as he looked at Youngjae .

He had known that he was strong but for him to be this strong .

One could see how much muscle they had by looking but there was no way to find out about the number of runes they had before they get into a full head on clash .

If one were to hide their skills like that then there was no way to know .

They would not be an opponent if they didn’t group up with Suhan as the center .

Youngjae smirked as he saw this .

“Damn . It’s the opposite effect . I had done it to get you guys to this side . Then there’s only two people along with this lady?”

It was a very disadvantageous situation from one point of view but Youngjae didn’t show it as he charged towards Suhan .

And a sword fight had occurred after the other people had also charged in .

“This bitch! Die . ”

“You fucker! Getting blinded by the artifact!”

Youngjae and Mijee were strong but Suhan was not a pushover either and they also had an advantage in numbers .

And everyone, excluding Chulman who was rendered unable to fight, started to send off a bloodthirsty aura from all around .

No . There was still another person who was not involved in the sword fight .

“Hey Minhee…”

“U…uuu… . . ”

The child who had barely held a sword up against the beasts was scared out of her wits and could not get near as the people started to clash with each other .

Chulman who had been clutching onto his wrist looked at her with a sad expression .

Words of her having to help out had came up to his throat .

But he couldn’t say so after seeing a child who was so scared .

‘Damn…Youngjae this bastard…’

Chulman tried to heal his wrist with all his strength but it seemed like he won’t be able to for a while because the ligaments in both of his hands had been cut off .

And soon after the fight had ended .

“Kuuu…”

“Kuuk…”

The result was that Youngjae and Mijee had won .

The skills which Youngjae had hidden was really much higher than the norm .

They had both become bloody but the others could not even stand and were all rolling about the floor with painful expressions .

Mijee grinned as she looked at that Youngjae .

“Hoo… you fight well . But why didn’t you try to kill any of them? Is there a reason?”

Everyone had fallen to the ground but none had died .

Of course they had their wrists cut off and had suffered extreme injuries so they were unable to fight but they were still alive .

Youngjae laughed as he spoke .

“There’s a reason for this . Anyhow…”

At that moment Youngjae’s expression froze frightfully .

And then he pushed Mijee away .

“What are you…”

And in the spot where Mijee had fallen from, a sword had flown past it with extreme speed .

And the sword continued to swing as it stabbed Youngjae .

Mijee was able to dodge barely but still had a deep wound on her shoulder and Youngjae’s abdomen was punctured from that .

“Kuuuk…”

Youngjae mumbled at the handle of the sword which had gone through him .

A speed which was not even comparable to the fight before .

Youngjae coughed out some blood as he looked at Minhee who had thrown the sword .

“You… your skills… why did you stand still if you were this good?”

Minhee laughed coldly as she answered:

“No reason for me to act out when you are doing the work I was going to do for me . It’s a first meeting somebody crazier than me . ”

Minhee laughed as she sent Wongyung a message .

She had been looking for a chance but it was quite burdensome because the three were quite strong .

And this was why she was going to look out for chances for a while .

In order to aim for their backs when an even more dangerous situation occurred .

The fairy had set it up but she had clicked her tongue and given up .

Because it didn’t seem like a fight would happen .

But then that Youngjae guy started to fight with them .

‘I’ve blown my nose without even touching it . ’ (*Note: Korean saying meaning “Something was done without me having to do anything”)

This was why greedy people were good .

It was hard to go against ten people even for them .

But there was a reason why they had gone in one to two at a time .

Since there was no need for them to fight them all alone .

Things became really easy if one or two people like him existed .

While Minhee was laughing quietly, Youngjae mumbled coldly in front of Minhee .

“You guys really have too much patience . For you guys to come out only when I do this . ”

He had always felt it but the problem with these guys was the fact that they had too much patience .

That was why they would only come out when one had set up everything .

It was going to be even more dangerous from now on, it’ll be troublesome if he proceeded without taking care of such things .

‘Tsk . Though it’ll heal… it hurts like hell . ’

As soon as the room opened everybody would get healed .

Of course there’s nothing they could do about the ones who were dead .

“What?”

Even before Minhee could react, a dagger which had come out from around the thigh pierced Minhee’s chest .

‘It’s the second floor now . Let’s see each other soon . ’

He would just kill off small fry like these on the way .

The real goal is the guy whom he would meet on the third floor .

Hansoo laughed coldly as he thought of the that would happen in the next room .