60 – World 11. Hope (2)
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Distect City.
It was once a Tier 3 city famous for its aircraft and transport.
However, now that the fog of death came, it was only a city that managed to survive by moving essential equipment and supplies underground and blocking it from the outside world.
Also, in that underground city, there was a space where about 200 connectors were lined up.
It was a space for nurturing so-called ‘human generators’.
Weing-
Then, the lid of one of the connectors opened slowly, and a skinny girl with long brown hair stood up from inside.
It was Muel.
‘Today was really great!’
Muel was immersed in the afterglow as he recalled what he had experienced today.
From flying to the hatchery on a huge bird called Snowplow, to fighting after being chased by hundreds of avian beasts and 4th-level evolutionary objects, to finally winning.
I went through things in one day that I would never believe even if I told others.
At the end, he shoveled to collect the crystals, but he did.
‘Wouldn’t this raise my level to some extent?’
They hadn’t destroyed the hatchery yet, but it was as good as half destroyed.
So, it seemed like it could be expected.
‘But now the time is…’
I was aware that time was running out.
Apparently, I spent a lot of time collecting crystals.
Bubbly-
So while I was checking the time with a bobber on my left hand, someone approached Muel with great strides.
And.
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Damn!
The one who approached Muel put on an ear-wrap with a hand like a pot lid.
Muel, who fell to the side of the connector at the impact, instinctively raised his head while covering his cheek.
“This twin. Did I tell you to be punctual? My connection time has been delayed because of you.”
A man in his 30s who seemed to have all the grievances in the world, growled at the fallen Muel.
It was a man named Stell who was using the connector alternately with Muel.
Muel apologized as soon as he came back from the shock.
“I’m sorry.”
“therefore? Did you have some fun with the connection this time?”
Stel snatched Muel’s left hand and checked the number engraved on it.
【27/4/75】
After confirming that the number was the same as before, Stel smiled and put Muel’s left hand down.
“Nothing has changed. But why are you late?”
“Before, the party I saved and the hunt took a long time.”
“You went hunting again? I don’t know who it is, but have you met someone as generous as I am? Taking a bitch like you twice.”
“Eh, yes. that’s right.”
Muel’s attack method was like a cannon deployed in a fortress.
It has destructive power, but it takes a long time to prepare, and it cannot be fired if allies are mixed.
Of course, it was an attacking style that was difficult to play in a party.
“Anyway, I lost money because of you, so you work until tomorrow.”
“…”
Each human generator role had a quota that had to be filled.
However, most of them were not enough even after consuming all their mana to fill their share.
Therefore, he had no choice but to continue resting and move again as soon as his mana was restored.
And even then, it took more than 6 hours…
“Yeah, that way I have to work all day.”
It is a work that takes six hours, even when the mana is full at first, with repeated breaks.
If I had to do it for two people, I had to do it all day, including the recovery time.
“under.”
However, upon hearing Muelle’s words, Stelle snorted as if it were absurd.
Then he grabbed Muel by the collar and forced him to stand up.
Then, a series of palms flew down Muel’s cheeks.
Yay!- Yay!-
“or not? what about my loss? What are you going to do?”
Muel managed to open his mouth while feeling the spirit gradually getting farther away from the shock.
“Look, look. only once.”
“I can’t get my mind off this until the end. Okay, let’s get hit all night tonight.”
As if the beatings so far were just a joke.
Stel clenched his fist with the hand that had slapped him on the cheek.
Feeling that he had decided differently than usual, Muel had no choice but to surrender.
“No, I will.”
“Yeah, that should have come out earlier.”
Stel only then threw Muel to the back with a satisfied expression on his face.
As a result, Muel, who fell to the floor, struggled to get up and saw Stel as he entered the connector.
In fact, it wasn’t just once or twice that he was hit by Stell.
There were times when I was beaten because the connector seat was dirty, and there were times when I was beaten for blocking the road while passing by, and there were times when I was beaten because I felt bad as soon as I saw it.
Of course, that doesn’t mean you’re used to doing the right thing.
“…”
Muel powerlessly turned on the single engine and checked the current time.
Originally, from 9:00 in the morning to 9:00 in the evening is the time Muel connects.
It was also a daily routine to shut off the connection at 9pm, generate electricity for 6 hours, and go to sleep at 3am.
[21:14]
The time indicated 9:14 in the evening.
“You’re 14 minutes late.”
Muel, who muttered bitterly, immediately recalled an animation he had seen before and rubbed his cheeks.
It was an anime called Magical Girl Dorothy that I saw a few years ago.
There, Dorothy, the main character, said.
[No matter how sad I am, I will smile again. Because you have to smile and welcome the hope that you don’t know when it will come.]
Not long after that, a smile appeared on Muel’s face as usual.
‘Let’s work hard today too!’
Afterwards, Muel went to the power charging room and went into his seat and looked at the large plate installed in front of his eyes.
It was a device that, when an electric shock was fired at that plate, went through several processes to convert it into electricity usable in real life.
Naturally, that electricity is used in many ways.
It is also used to operate facilities that purify air or water, and is also used to grow insects, the main ingredient of multi sticks.
However, Distect City was a place where people starved to death because they could not handle the entire population who had fled.
“A torpedo bombardment!”
Muel used the skill with both hands outstretched, looking slightly weak.
Then, from Muel’s hand, a small light of lightning was continuously shot toward the plate.
In addition, to prevent that electricity storage device from being destroyed, players here were not allowed to enhance electric-type skills.
It meant that the act of raising a star rating by consuming job levels or raising skill levels by actually using them was forbidden.
Afterwards, Muel poured all of his 184 magical powers and sat down on the floor to rest.
‘If the body level goes up this time, the charging time will be shortened, right?’
I had such hopeful thoughts, but I soon realized that there was no way.
As the mana increased, there was a high possibility that the quota would increase accordingly.
It’s been like that until now, so there’s no law telling me not to do it in the future.
‘Today’s charging is over… I’ll sleep for a while, wake up, level up, and come back.’
Muel took a quiet break and thought about this and that.
It was too hard work if I didn’t spend time like this.
‘It was nice when I was online.’
When I logged in, unlike now, I didn’t feel sleep or hunger.
So he was able to maintain the lively personality he wanted, but it was a bit difficult here.
at that time.
Beep-
“…?”
A beep sound was heard from the left hand unit.
‘Mr. Karina?’
It was from Karina, who had previously communicated with each other through personal codes.
Also, since he was taking a break now, Muel was contacted right away.
At the same time, Muel answered lively.
“Yes, Miss Karina. What are you doing?”
-As I said before, I came to pick up Muell.
“Yes?”
What are you talking about?
“Did you come all the way here?”
-I’m here… Yes? Ah, Mr. Muell. Raise both hands and keep shaking them.
Karina reacted as if she had heard it from someone else, then asked for something strange.
“Raise your hands and shake them?”
-Yes. Keep shaking.
“No, you have to tell me why.”
-That’s how you can find it.
I didn’t know what he meant, but I replied that I would know.
“······I know. Can I just shake it?”
-Yes. I beg you.
When the call ended with those words, Muel let out a small sigh.
‘I don’t know what it is.’
What does it mean to pick you up and to wave your hands?
Thinking of it, Muel said that he had answered, so he raised his hands and shook them without hesitation.
I thought it was fortunate that no one was watching.
‘But how long should I shake this hand?’
Thinking like that, let’s spend some time.
Pod!—
“…!?”
In an instant, I could see two people appearing in front of Muel in an instant.
There, Karina, a woman with long straight black hair, had a surprised expression for a moment, but soon changed to a friendly smile and spoke.
“Is that Muel? Nice to meet you like this.”
“…”
surprisingly.
Right now at this moment.
hope has come
* * *
‘Is this Muel?’
I went up more than 2km from the ground using space movement and telekinesis with Karina and headed straight to the city where Muel was.
The city was not too far.
I was able to reach it with two space shifts.
It seemed to take about 5 minutes, including all the time it took to move to confirm the exact location.
Next, I contacted Muel and instructed him to wave his hands, spreading the power of space to scan the people underground.
Only one of them noticed that he was waving his hands with his arms raised, and moved over to the space.
However, the first impression of seeing Muel here was that of a refugee on the verge of death.
‘Who was the face hit by?’
I looked at Muel’s swollen cheeks.
Meanwhile, Muel blinked and stared blankly at Karina and me.
“Ah… Karina-san?”
“Yes.”
“And······.”
I wondered how to respond to Muel, who looked at me in disbelief, but in order to reduce the time to adapt, I answered as I did in another world.
“I am Lee Sung-min. Are you living in a place like this?”
“Oh, no. This is the power charging room. It is here to charge the electricity needed for the city.”
“Right.”
Looking around, I looked behind me and there was something that looked like a large iron plate.
‘It seems to be charging with that dish.’
Heyden’s building had seen something similar before, so it wasn’t hard to figure it out.
But it wasn’t important, so I immediately took my eyes off it and said to Muel.
“Do you have anything else to pack?”
“Are you going to take it separately?”
“Because I’m leaving here.”
Muel’s eyes widened in surprise when he heard those words, whether he didn’t know he was actually going to go out or if it was because I said it myself.