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Chapter 342 – Seoul (26)

“Wow… really, Wow…”

She heard a murmuring voice next to her .

He seemed to be admiring something, but in reality he was lamenting .

“Ha… This… Such a dick . ”

Park Jung-ah had no choice but to lower her head without realizing .

It was a murmur in the air, but it was meant to be heard by Park Jung-ah .

Still, she couldn’t say anything .

Because she sympathized with his feelings .

[You have cleared the mission . (Mission Level: 10)]

[You will be moved to the next mission area]

[Remaining break time: 300 seconds]

“… Wow, really crazy… absolutely crazy . ”

A new message window announced the remaining break time .

Right after the battle was over and she had barely put her butt on the ground .

But the next mission was after only a 300 second break .

This wasn’t just harsh, it was cruel .

“Fuck! I want to get out of here! Let me out, motherfucker! You bitch! “

A man’s half-sad voice rang .

Maybe it’s the feelings of everyone here .

However, few people raised their voices like him .

Most of them were exhausted and tired, so they had no energy to do so .

Park Jung-ah quietly inhaled the potion .

It was a really dirty and tasteless potion, but it seemed that she couldn’t bear it if she didn’t dampen her throat with it .

There was a person approaching Park Jung-ah, who was drinking her potion as if drinking beer .

She had a familiar face .

She was a female challenger who, not long ago, stayed on the 90th floor .

“Sister . ”

She was an attractive challenger with cute, elongated limbs .

When she cleared the Tutorial and returned to Earth, she said she wanted to be a celebrity and that she didn’t want to be an Awakened .

Listening to her words, Park Jung-ah also thought it was a good dream .

However, at the moment, her appearance was so shabby that it was almost pathetic .

Her sweaty hair was clinging to her cheeks and to the back of her neck .

Her sloppy eyes seemed somehow out of focus .

“Help me . ”

What she said was a spectacle .

However, Park Jung-ah could relate .

Sadly .

Unlike in the original Tutorial, in Lee Ho-jae’s Tutorial, one did not have to worry about losing their life .

However, it was so difficult that they felt that they could die .

The challengers cried out that it would be better to risk their lives .

Missions usually consist of battles .

About a hundred people teamed up to fight in things such as raids, sieges, pursuits, and all-out wars .

It was a repetitive cycle .

An endless one .

After a mission that lasts for a couple of hours if it is short and a few days if it is long, the next mission begins after only 300 seconds of rest .

From the challenger’s point of view, it feels as if there is no such thing as a break .

The designer’s intention seemed to be stuck in her ear .

‘You’re going to automatically recover anyway . No fatigue remains . You don’t need to rest, Right? You’re not hungry and or sleepy here either . Hahaha . ’

But, damn it, her mental exhaustion continued to accumulate .

Even the difficulty of the mission was of a heinous level .

Though It wasn’t unreasonably difficult .

He maintained the level of difficulty that would be enough to always be struggling, and that if she did her best, she would be able to always achieve breathtaking success .

[Mission Level: Level C-10]

It was Park Jung-ah’s level .

She was 10 levels into the C grade .

Like Park Jung-ah, the top challengers of the easy difficulty and medium difficulty, were in this C-grade section .

Level C consists of 20 levels .

At the end of each mission, the system equates each individual’s performance .

The mission level changes according to the individual’s rank, and the challenger is sent to a mission with a difficulty level suitable for them .

[1st place-Park Jung-ah]

[2nd place- Jang Chae-in]

[3rd place- Carl Bora]

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[Mission level changes . ]

[Mission level: 10 -> 12]

[Congratulations! You have been promoted two levels due to your outstanding performance . ]

Seeing that made her sick .

The next mission would be more difficult as the level had risen by two levels .

But she couldn’t even complain .

“… Sister, I’ve been placed into Level 7 . Help me…”

She patted the back of a female challenger who was breaking down and was starting to cry .

When they first started getting a feel for the system, several challengers deliberately failed the mission and tried to descend to a lower level .

Of course, low-level missions would be much less difficult .

It was an accurate prediction .

As the mission level fell, so did the difficulty .

However, the missions got messier .

Not only was there a lot of dirt and smelly filth, but devices that triggered horrors were hiding everywhere .

A dark enclosed space that seemed to choke the air out of you, a magic that reminded you of past nightmares .

Grotesque screams rang around, and images of ghosts covered in blood were seen .

From the mission to rescue your companions among hundreds of thousands of doppelgangers, to the mission to escape the endless maze .

The missions below Level 10 were obviously neither difficult nor dangerous .

However, it threatened mental health to a serious level .

Thanks to this, all the challengers who were down there were desperately trying to climb up .

But that wasn’t easy .

It wasn’t easy to stand out and get a high rank among the other desperate challengers .

In addition, if they did not correctly manage their concentration and mental state from endless battles, they would make mistakes .

Everyone did .

Park Jung-ah had gone up to Level 19 before .

However, she made a big mistake in Level 19 . She could have been promoted to B class, but instead fell to Level 15 .

After that, her concentration fell and she fell to Level 6 .

In the Level 6 mission, after being isolated in a sewer with dung lying around accompanied by giant rats for about two days, her concentration and motivation had returned .

She was crawling back up .

[Personal mission has been assigned . ]

[Miracle-Summon Lesser Guardian]

“Huh?”

A new message appeared in front of Park Jung-ah, who was preparing to move to the next mission location .

[Condition of Dispatch Challenger]

Suitable for suppressing non-Awakened criminals .

High possibility of cooperation in suppressing criminals .

No possibility of escape attempt .

There is a willingness to protect the guardian .

More than 80% confidence in Lee Ho-jae .

[All dispatched challenger requirements are met . ]

[Would you like to accept the dispatch?]

“… Yes . ”

Park Jung-ah tried to accept the request of the message .

She had no idea what it was .

She thought the situation would never get worse than here .

[GM Benedictus Lericia Piacan Raucones Naupolion Nice Tiamat Carcearin Balakas Shanso Gardandes Nessario III confirms your suitability]

[The challenger dispatch has been approved by GM . ]

[(Special) dispatch mission is granted . ]

Description: On the way home from school and part-time work, there was a girl who was attacked by gangsters .

Crimes such as kidnapping and human trafficking have occurred frequently in the area .

The gangsters who attacked the girl are also believed to be of that kind .

The girl, who is the target of the guardian, is a child of the devout Lee Ho-jae Faith family, and she herself is a faithful believer who consistently produces faith every month .

The girl who encountered the assailants quickly opened a religious window and asked for help from Lee Ho-jae .

Lee Ho-jae decided to dispatch a guardian at the request of the girl .

[You can go right away . ]

[Would you like to go?]

“Yes . ”

Park Jung-ah replied immediately .

The question that had been there a second ago had disappeared .

She quickly figured out what she had to do .

The surrounding environment changed rapidly .

Her vision rapidly darkened, but thanks to her 15 years of staying in the Tutorial, Park Jung-ah possessed all the stellar miscellaneous skills .

Her vision in dark spaces was ridiculous .

“What . ”

“Who do you think is there?”

Streetlights stood sparsely around, but the streetlights were broken in this place .

In this dark space, it was difficult to distinguish anything other than the walls blocking both sides of the street .

In the dark, the guys with iron clubs and baseball bats moved busily .

In between them, Park Jung-ah saw a girl being held by them .

“What, is that a girl?”

“Let’s catch her too . ”

The big guys who found Park Jung-ah chatted .

It was a tone that seemed to be collecting garbage, not people .

Park Jung-ah opened her inventory and found a suitable weapon .

The cutlery was not appropriate .

In these situations, she always preferred heavy blunt force .

The big guys approached Park Jung-ah, who didn’t run away .

He seemed to be approaching and trying to surprise her .

The big guys moved as if they had one mind without discussing anything .

She could see that those guys had done these things at least once or twice .

“Bring it on!”

The big guys rushed with someone’s call .

Park Jung-ah just swung her club and struck the top of his head .

Along with the sound of cracking, a large body slumped on the floor .

The other big guys who tried to rush in, flinched and stopped moving .

Park Jung-ah rotated her club in a big circle .

If it had been a while ago, it would have been really awkward .

But now, she has been fighting for a long time and practiced moving her body .

Perhaps, because she had tangoed with death numerous times in the new Tutorial, the long-time use of her club was very familiar .

“You know what? I really hate people like you . ”

Park Jung-ah said so .

She flinched and turned back towards the big guys wondering whether or not to run away .

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One thing that worried her was how to deal with those bulky trash .

In the Tutorial, Park Jung-ah sentenced all criminals who committed violent crimes to death .

The situations where the victims were continuously hurt were common, as repeat crimes were very likely, according to the statistics in the Tutorial .

Through unusually harsh punishment, crimes were prevented from happening in the first place .

But what to do outside of the Tutorial .

Park Jung-ah thought of this out of nowhere, and she wondered what kind of judgment she should make .

She wondered if the system would replace the ruling through a message, but that never happened .

In the end, Park Jung-ah decided to end the punishment by giving the men a silent beating until they passed out and were broken in a few places .

Those big guys won’t be able to eat nor be able to live by doing physical work in the future .

“… I, I… … . Shall I call the po- police?”

Asked the girl, trembling .

Even though it was late at night, she was wearing a school uniform .

The schoolgirl was knocked on the head by the big guys, but she was able to wake up quickly thanks to the potion Park Jung-ah had .

But the shock remained .

Seeing the girl trembling greatly, Park Jung-ah felt a corner of her heart becoming sore .

“No . ”

If she does that, then things get complicated .

In addition, she did not want this schoolgirl to go to the police station as a victim and suffer stress and mental pain .

After she returned, she may be caught up in a secondary crime of retaliation .

It was also important to find out all the criminals, but she judged that the first thing to do was not to harm this child .

She thought it would be better to just leave those guys unattended .

Park Jung-ah felt uncomfortable with her own judgment .

She said so and moved on .

The days of her crying out for her principles were long gone .

After a long period, the girl looked a little calmer .

She said she was still a student and that she felt dizzy .

She was exhausted .

“Well… When the request has been completed, it asks me to click Done . That’s how you’ll be called back…… . Would you like me to press it?”

“No! Don’t press it yet!”

Park Jung-ah shouted reflexively .

As soon as she was summoned back, she could feel the intuition that she would be participating in a new mission .

“I’ll take you home . Then press it . ”

“Yes… thank you so much . ”

“Thank you . ”

Park Jung-ah grabbed the girl’s hand and walked .

The schoolgirl did not have much strength in her legs, thus she walked slowly .

However, she did not support the girl .

This seemed meaningless, but this trivial act of returning home on one’s own feet was a mentally significant act that helped to brush off bad memories .

She simply held the hand of the schoolgirl, grabbing her hand, and supporting her from time to time when she staggered .

It was a rare type of back alley .

You had to climb a steep uphill road .

It was such a neighborhood that is usually called “Sandongne” .

(T/N: Sandongne, where the neighborhood is located on an uphill area, google image 산동네 for reference)

The dim streetlights and the stale night air .

The moon, floating alone in the night sky where a single star was not visible .

And the sound of a car that came in clumsily mixed with the sound of the wind .

This felt surreal for Park Jung-ah .

She was now on Earth and back in Seoul .

She was in her hometown, that she had imagined in her mind for so long .

She was in a good mood .

There was one thing that was definitely good .

‘I wonder if they’re watching?’

She looked up at the night sky where nothing could be seen, thinking so .

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Of course I’m watching .

I thought of going to see Park Jung-ah in person, but I didn’t do that .

I thought it was still time to wait .

I prepared a message for her while lying on the sofa armrest .

It was a message to a girl named Choi Yoo-jung, who had just been saved by Park Jung-ah .

[You used ‘Miracle-Summon Lesser Guardian’ . ]

[There are not enough points for ‘Miracle-Summon Lesser Guardian’ . ]

[Current total score: 84 points]

[The points for the ‘Miracle-Summon Lesser Guardian’ are 100 points . ]

[With Lee Ho-jae’s authority, a Miracle-Summon Lesser Guardian is forcibly used . ]

[The guardian is being summoned . Be prepared for their arrival . ]

These are the messages that appeared before Choi Yoo-jung’s eyes .

With Park Jung-ah’s farewell, I sent new messages to her who arrived safely .

[It is a secret that only we know that a miracle was used even though the points were insufficient . You can’t tell other people . ]

I was going to send a message in a systematic way, but I just sent it my way .

I thought it would be better .

The stiff tone of the system could be seen as crass .

In fact, the fact that God saved a believer in danger was something to be advertised .

However, Lee Ho-jae Faith was a special case because it was not unusual .

Lee Ho-jae Faith’s system should always be fair .

If you could get a miracle regardless of the score, who would be willing to sacrifice anything to earn points in it?

Fortunately, Choi Yoo-jung prayed with her hands together and replied that she would .

[In return for the promise of secrecy, 10,000 additional points will be paid . ]

Choi Yoo-jung was delighted and informed her family about this .

She said, of course, that she kept a secret, she prayed, and she suddenly scored .

Her family was greatly pleased .

They looked happy, saying that a score of 10,000 points would be enough to move to a house in the city .

They took out a chunk of pork that had been frozen in the corner of the freezer as I watched them, excitedly eating .

It felt good .

I honestly admitted it .

I started acting as the god of the Earth .

It was more fun than I thought .

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