Episode 81
Chapter 17 Laying the cornerstone (6)
It was definitely an advantage that both servers were connected and hunting became easier.
But as with everything, where there are pros, there are also cons.
There was also a problem that the hunting became easier and the chaos value increased faster than before.
Violence was prominent and players, whose patience was waning, began to point their weapons at each other.
At least the quarrel that occurred within the party belonged to the better side.
After several punches and collisions, he ended up with minor injuries.
The really big problem was when I got into a fight with another party.
Because he was willing to kill people with no sense of fellowship or fellowship.
Karim’s party didn’t escape the tragedy either.
All of a sudden, a rather large number of players gathered in the Plang Forest where they had settled, and a trivial argument over the hunting area broke out, which quickly turned into violence.
As a result, Karim went through seven battles in one day yesterday.
In the process, there were several players who lost their party members.
They realized by seeing their magic power more than doubled overnight.
‘It’s more profitable to catch the player.’
It’s better to kill one player than kill dozens of monsters.
The level of difficulty doesn’t make much of a difference, but the magic power is multiplied several times.
‘Coming over to Bihar means passing the beginner’s section.’
Isn’t it natural that hunting a player with at least 1,000 mana is more profitable than a monster with 30 to 50 mana?
Those who realized that fact made a tacit compromise.
A total of 9 people, the number of people united with the purpose of hunting players, not monsters.
Karim was one of them, and he went hunting as soon as the sun rose.
The first goal is a party of 3 people.
Karim was watching them from the tree.
‘I think I found a big fish.’
A couple of hours to roam the Corrupted Lands while using the Invisibility Skill Stone to hunt for prey.
– I can’t go, I can’t go!
Suddenly, there was a loud noise, so I sneakily approached, what was this?
A guy wearing armor suddenly found a party that was holding out.
Only three people.
Karim meticulously inspected the equipment of the masked player while calling the party members who were looking for prey elsewhere.
‘There are no supplies.’
A long sword in his hand, and two daggers worn around his waist.
All of them were not standard weapons provided in the tutorial.
That bastard must be hunted at all costs.
Only then can you become stronger than others, occupy the polluted areas, and preoccupy the abandoned ones.
Karim licked his lips at the masked player.
Among them, the most eye-catching is the armor.
‘I will eat that unconditionally.’
Armor is more expensive than weapons.
But if you catch that guy, that expensive armor will come into your hands for free.
Of course, when I first saw the masked player hunting, I hesitated for a moment… … It wasn’t to the point of giving up on the item that shimmered in front of his eyes.
– Vitamin C: I’ve packed a siege. Are you sure you don’t detect your baby?
Karim’s party is 9 people.
That’s three times as many people as the target.
The masked guy was fired for looking unexpected. In the end, it’s just one person.
You can’t beat those who are nine.
Karim conveyed the dynamics of the target to the party members.
– Lion: I’m sure. I’ve been following you for over 30 minutes, but there’s no response.
– Pasta: What are you doing now?
– Lion: Hunting.
– Pasta: Still? Didn’t you say you were hunting when you found it?
– Lion: That must be a lot of magic.
– Fairy Tail: The three of them are enough to wander around the polluted area. Are the equipment different?
– Lion: How many times do you say? One guy even wears armor.
– Thor: You must be nervous.
– Shamrock: Well, it’s three. If you tie your hands and feet and stab it from behind, what are you hesitating about? do you want to hit it fast?
– Vitamin C: But in case you don’t know, let’s go in when they’re out of magic and maintenance.
When the majority of the party members voted in favor of Vitamin C’s words, Shamrock grumbled but took a step back.
Fortunately, before the patience of the impatient Shamrock runs out.
The target stopped hunting and took a break.
Karim immediately called the party members waiting nearby.
– Lion: Hurry up and drink the potion.
At Karim’s urging, the eight party members, led by Vitamin, hurriedly walked.
It was already too late when the young fellow, who had dyed his hair blonde, felt something strange and got up from his seat.
It was because they narrowed the distance by forming an encirclement from all sides as if blocking the escape route.
Eventually, when they got close enough to see each other with the naked eye.
“Hey, the bastard with his face covered really shines.”
“Do I have the dagger?”
“Don’t be funny, I will eat it.”
Standing in front of the prey, the party members threw out a word each and smacked their lips.
Only then did Karim join in after releasing the invisibility.
Right after that, Pasta approached him and asked.
“Hey, is there no window?”
“I haven’t seen him use a spear.”
“Sorry, I wanted a new weapon too.”
While Karim was talking to Pasta, Vitamin C stepped forward.
“This line is too cliché, but… … Wouldn’t you be sad if I missed it though?”
With a kind face and a fairly soft voice, he has the image of a gentleman.
“If you want to live, give everything you have.”
The words that came out of his mouth were threats, and even those were words of courtesy.
‘I have no intention of saving him from the beginning, so what?’
Last night’s slaughter and the resulting negligence were enough to make me forget my aversion to murder.
Even if that wasn’t the case, Karim had no hesitation in killing people.
Because he has already killed many people while working as a mercenary for a terrorist organization.
‘In the first place, the purpose was also magic.’
Even so, the reason for not killing him right away was simple.
Because if you die with stuff in the locker, you can’t get it out.
You have to spit it all out before killing it.
This game had a very good condition for revealing the violence that humans hid and lived in places they did not even know.
Shamrock, who knew this better than anyone else, urged the party members.
“What kind words are you talking about? Let’s pick up what we put outside first.”
Although the chaos level was lower than last night thanks to taking the purifier after one round of slaughter.
Shamrock was a person who showed a lot of toxic and rough aspects.
As he stepped forward and bent his neck from side to side, the others smirked and fixed their weapons.
No matter how confident I was in my skills, I couldn’t help but feel nervous.
As many as nine blades were pointed at them.
However, what came back was a reaction that none of those present could have expected.
“At least pretending to be tough on the subject of stealing or ripping off.”
Naked ridicule, ignorance, and ridicule.
The masked player clicked his tongue while holding his leg.
“You guys had a blast in the Plang Forest yesterday, right? I can still smell the blood.”
Pasta, who was standing next to Karim, reflexively raised her arm and sniffed.
“Hey, do I smell?”
Karim looked back at the pasta with an expression of astonishment.
Perhaps that gaze was displeased, Pasta frowned and said in an argumentative manner.
“Otherwise, how do you know what we did?”
“In the current situation, it is more strange not to know. I came here to rob you. There are also posts on the community.”
After the server was connected, bulletin boards for each base were newly established in addition to all bulletin boards.
There were already several eyewitness accounts posted on the Harbon bulletin board.
「Title: Beware of those in the Plang Forest (23) – Author: Apollo」
「Title: Let’s filter through the Plank forest to the east of Outpost No. 4 in Harbon. There are people who do not properly manage chaos (8) – Author: Hope」
「Title: I ran away after seeing a PK in Plan Forest (28) – Author: Boutonnier」
It’s only been two days since the server was connected.
There can’t be many people on Earth who actively engage in acts that are prohibited by law.
That’s why it wouldn’t have been that difficult to associate the article with them, who are systematically targeting players.
“Huh, I can’t understand the situation… … .”
“That’s a lot of dirty talk.”
The masked man, who took out a spear instead of a sword, swung his weapon wide and wiggled his empty left hand.
“If you want my item, come and take it yourself when it’s time to vomit.”
It was a voice full of ridicule.
“Is this a hot guy?”
“There is a window! That’s mine!”
The moment the shamrock, as well as the pasta with the brightest smile I’ve ever seen, kicked off the ground and ran.
“Quaaagh!”
A blue light flashed from behind the masked person, and the party members screamed.
Surprised by the unexpected situation, their eyes gathered there.
Two party members standing behind the masked man were collapsing to the floor.
Thanks to that, the masked party was escaping through the gap created.
They must have exchanged chats like Karim’s party.
It was the perfect timing that would otherwise be incomprehensible.
“Of course, that would be if I could take it.”
The masked man, who had thrust the spear in before he knew it and kicked the shamrock and pasta, turned and ran away.
In the meantime, he threw something black and pointed at the heads of the party members who collapsed on the floor.
hook, hook.
I thought I could hear a monotonous sound, but I heard the urgent voice of Vitamin C.
“catch!”
Only then did the stiffened party members follow behind the masked man.
Karim was no exception.
But without realizing it, he slowed down his run.
To preoccupy an item, you have to be at the forefront than anyone else, but on the contrary, you fell behind.
It was because of the faint smell I smelled as I passed party members who had died in the blink of an eye.
It’s about 15 cm long, and maybe 3 or 4 cm thick?
It was clear that the smell of burns flowed from those who died with something sharp and unknown stuck in their foreheads.
It was the smell of burning flesh that I often smelled only on the battlefield.
‘What was it?’
Karim did not know the identity of the blue light that had penetrated his vision a moment ago.
Because I was focusing my eyes on the masked person, I couldn’t properly see what the light that started at my feet was.
‘Was it fire? Or a flash grenade?’
No way. Chemical weapons and electronic devices cannot be brought into Bihar.
This is a matter directly specified by the system in the revised version of the manual.
Then, what the hell is that blue light you just saw?
The more I think about it, the more my anxiety grows instead of disappearing.
In the meantime, the distance to the target was quite narrow.
That further increased Karim’s anxiety.
The masked man simply ran away without responding to those who threw daggers from behind.
Although it may be to avoid a collision as the number of people is at a disadvantage.
‘Why not use that blue light again?’
It was strange. I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was strange.
“Ugh!”
But Karim had to get out of his thoughts before he could even think deeply.
Because the guys who were running in the lead suddenly stopped and stared into the air.
Karim, who looked up after them, let out a laugh without even realizing it.
It was because the people who had just been chasing them were climbing through the air.
Stepping on the translucent red board like stairs, up and up.
Then they disappeared through the dense foliage.
“Is it flying technology?”
“No, you’re stepping on something underneath.”
“Do you have anything like that? what?”
“Does anyone have a bow?”
“In time to find a bow, just climb a tree!”
The party members looked up with wrinkled faces.
But I didn’t have the energy to pay attention to it.
It’s because I started to hear a threatening sound like a crackle.
By the time the sound became a little clearer, I could even feel the ground shaking.
thump, thump thump.
It was a deep echo, as if something huge was moving.
Feeling even more anxious than before, Karim, calmed down, turned to the direction of the sound.
‘It gets closer quickly.’
Of all the party members, the only player with detection-type magic died when the siege broke through.
So, it was only after experiencing it with my bodily sensations that I realized that something was approaching me.
As a player, my five senses became more sensitive, but I couldn’t feel the wide range like when I used magic.
As a result, the current situation has to happen.
It had only been a few seconds before I recognized the sound and the ground rumble, but I could already visually confirm the source of the sound.
The gigantic monster, running like a raging bull through the densely packed trees, is getting closer with every passing moment.
-Sa, save me!
Why do I hear the voice of the player who ran away from his sword last night at this moment?
“Bounce!”