131 – Fight with yourself
Thump- thump- thump-
It is literally like a wriggling fetus.
The ringing, which at first only rang from one point, gradually expanded in scope and slowly grew around the border of the square.
It had been expanding for a while, and the number was increasing one by one, as if building a wall at a certain distance.
And when the wall increased and stopped at 20.
Spookyㅡ
Not only me, but my team members got the hang of it only then.
What is forming in front of our shelter?
“They’re copying our shelter…”
Everyone was staring blankly at the replica of our home being built on the front lines.
There is even a replica of the golem in front of the outer castle.
In that brief moment, a million thoughts swirled around in my head, and some, including me, shot forward like bullets.
You have to destroy those.
No more time should be given.
Everyone was probably moved by that intuition.
Euncheol, Hyuna, Kahi, Hong Seol, Lingling
And even Lulu and the Dragoni units.
As these were personnel who fought in the field, their bodies reacted more than their heads.
– Seeing as the leader went into the crack and killed the monsters before the stage started, he can get rid of those too, right?
– I think the same thing! I’ll do it first, so everyone get ready!
– Okay! I think I can hide behind the dragonis!
– Something is being created even inside the shelter!!
I sincerely hoped that what was being created would be different from what I expected, so I arrived at the outer castle first, easily deflected the golems’ attacks, infused magical power into my fist, and slammed it into the wall with all my might.
aaa!!
Then an earth-shattering roar erupted, and one of the outer walls collapsed at once.
– Done!!
– That’s right! Let’s break it down quickly!
– Be careful, everyone. You can’t let down your guard, right?
The golems hugged me and started chanting self-destruct spells, but I was confident that my shield would not kill me even if all 30 units exploded.
When you think that you can suffer for a while and just push the shelter away like this.
“Holy sh*t…”
A sensation that felt so familiar to me, as I had experienced it tirelessly recently, quickly passed through my body.
“Why is this happening now…?”
Along with those questions, an unpleasant feeling that made my head ache rose up.
.
.
.
“They’re copying our shelter…”
Time went back 10 seconds.
“Really… This has crossed the line.”
You can see the faces of Eun-chae and Ha-eun staring blankly ahead.
And passing by them, several dolls were seen jumping forward.
‘Hong Seol reacted first…’
It was a sight I had already seen once, but as I looked at their backs, a strange feeling enveloped me.
And again a few seconds later.
“······ I’m copying…”
‘I guess so.’
It was a little late, but time was brought back.
And Hong Seol was looking at me with his mouth open.
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Hongseol was probably the first to reach the outer castle and attacked, and she seemed greatly embarrassed by the situation, realizing that she was the only one who had returned in time to the past.
And time passes again.
“······ I’m doing it…”
This time Lingling was looking at me with her eyes wide open, asking for an explanation.
‘Do you understand that it’s me…?’
In the end, he quickly called those who were about to leave again, made them retreat, and briefly explained the current situation.
“So you’re saying those are the explorers?”
“Probably… That’s not true. I also thought it was a unique ability of explorers, but now I see that’s not the case. But if you attack first before the stage starts, it seems like this will keep repeating.”
“Aha… Compete fairly and without tricks?”
“I don’t know the intention, but that’s the feeling.”
“Then I guess I should stop wasting my energy and find another way.”
If you can’t attack right away anyway, you should prepare in advance.
With that in mind, we each prepared to attack as best as we could and waited with bated breath for the stage to begin.
The moment my order is given, all means will be mobilized and a fierce bombardment will be launched.
When I thought that the battle was about to begin in earnest, I felt energized by the appropriate amount of tension.
And about 10 more minutes had passed.
A wall was created in the center between us and them, and the dragoni unit and I at the front were all pushed to the back, and there were 18 people walking out from the shelter on the other side.
‘As expected…’
Like me, most shelter members nodded as if they had expected it.
“aaah?!!”
“Wow!! Is it me? It’s me!!”
Isabella and Ha-eun were startled and ran forward.
‘Where…’
I tried hitting hard on the wall created in the center just in case, but it was incredibly hard and didn’t seem to break no matter what I did.
And across the transparent wall, Isabella and her clone were facing each other and tilting their heads.
“Even a saint can be cloned…”
“It’s really creepy. Is that actually happening?”
Real… I think back to the time when I broke the watchman’s hallucination during an event.
Then, I close my eyes and with strong will, I deny the clones in front of me.
Dudeuddeud-!
In the scenery ahead, I can sense through magic that our clones are trembling strongly.
But that’s only for a moment.
When I opened my eyes, nothing had changed, and a clone of me was standing in front of me, staring at me.
‘Is it not working yet? Or not…’
It’s probably one of the two.
Did they really embody a replica of the real thing?
Or maybe I lack the will and faith to deny the virtual world that someone else has created.
‘It’s not easy. ‘To see the world as it is.’
As I was wrapping my head, all of my team members were now approaching the central wall and looking at themselves.
“I feel so strange… I haven’t looked in the mirror these days…”
“Still, how glad I am that I took the elixir. I look so much younger that I feel like crying.”
When the uncle and Ahn Eun-hye each expressed their thoughts.
“Hey! Talk to me!! Are you dumb? If you’re just a clone of me, don’t stay under those guys, come over here!”
There were also people like Eun-cheol who acted in ridiculous ways.
There were also people, like Aksh*ta and Suji, who were staring at themselves standing foolishly close to the wall.
“hehehehe- It really can be this beautiful…”
Hong Seol was nodding his head with a satisfied face, as if he had been reminded of his external self, while Eun Chae and Ka Hee were constantly talking to each other at a distance.
And I was lost in thought as I looked at the cloned guy in front of me.
‘It was completely copied…’
If all abilities are duplicated from the most recently acquired golem, how can we determine superiority or inferiority?
What if they had the ability to think just like us?
‘This is the worst…’
Determining superiority and inferiority means finding out who is stronger, even if only slightly, but we should not be like that.
So far, we have overcome the stage battle overwhelmingly without a single casualty.
But now I’m fighting an opponent with the same power.
‘How can I win? ‘No damage?’
Is it possible to win within time?
As the time approached, the team members slowly started to get excited.
No matter how hard I racked my brain, I couldn’t come up with an answer.
Even.
“Are you copying us?”
When Aksh*ta was installing the [Ant Hell] In front of the wall, Aksh*ta on the other side was also installing the Ant Hell.
“Oh, this is Evande.”
Euncheol shook his head.
In the air, Lulu’s clone was flapping its wings and looking down at us, and the dragoni units were also glaring as if they were about to attack at any moment.
You can even see the pale belly of the clone Lara on the roof of the shelter on the other side.
“Phew – let’s check first. Are they just copying us?”
“How do I check?”
Mr. Kim Jeong-gi shouted loudly and asked, and I told everyone to go inside the shelter.
A few seconds later, I was the only one left in the field.
“I’m not following you in…”
The clones left on the other side included me, Hong Seol, Kim Hyuna, Ling Ling, Lulu, and Euncheol.
It was our usual formation.
“Oh… That’s a pain in the ass. Should I say we’ve learned our usual patterns?”
“Well – should we just say that? What if they decided that was the best configuration?”
＜00:06:36＞
6 Minutes before start.
“That’s right, it’s a clone. If we fight 1:1, wouldn’t we win?”
Like Kim Hyun-ah, she expressed her confident opinion.
However, if that happens, it may become difficult to clear within time.
“For now, let’s approach cautiously. I don’t think it will be difficult for us to clear this game the first time. I think it would be a good idea to play it safe and take a look.”
When I expressed a somewhat conservative opinion, the team members nodded slightly and came out to the field again and started forming a formation.
I sketched out a few situations in advance and made sure to talk about them with my team members.
However, if we tried to do something in advance, the other side responded in the same way in real time, so we stayed away from the center wall and waited for it to start.
‘It can’t be the same as me. Let’s be confident.’
Beepee~
The time reached 0 and the start sound rang.
At the same time, I rushed towards the clone Euncheol with all my might.
However, the clone Eun-gyeon, who I thought would stop me, rushed at our team member Eun-cheol just like me.
Tch-!
However, this situation was anticipated before the stage, and soon about 10 golems blocked the clone Eun-gyeon.
And looking at the 10 or so golems blocking my path, a small sigh escaped me.
‘It’s not different from the structure we think of. It’s going to be a bit of a boring battle for a while…’
As they said, if we did A, the other side also did A, so a meaningless war of attrition continued for 3 minutes after the stage started.
＜02:56:59＞
These guys follow the same moves as if they were imitating Baduk in Baduk.
However, while copying our actions, if we make even the slightest mistake, they will use that as an opportunity to take a step ahead.
Quaaa!
Almost simultaneously, God’s wrath poured down on our outer shell and the other’s outer castle, and an explosion of alcohol erupted.
I felt Kahi and Kahi glaring at each other.
But we are probably the ones with more complicated brains.
“Let’s not think about it too complicatedly!! We have to do the best we can so that we don’t fall behind!!”
It is just as Byeong-cheon Yoon said.
If we don’t make mistakes, we can gain more time to understand their structure and behavior patterns.
And after about 7 minutes, I began to realize something little by little.
＜02:52:57＞
‘It’s not the same.’
I widened the distance for my teammates who were indirectly affected by my attack and found it difficult to withstand it.
After about 10 minutes, I was engaging in a 1:1 battle with my clone from a considerable distance away.
＜02:49:33＞
‘It’s only a momentary difference. We’re fast. Or at least I am.’
As time goes by, the current subtle differences will definitely widen. It would be nice if other team members also noticed this.
I was going to let you know with the roar of the battlefield, but I stopped.
‘Wouldn’t it be good for our team members to also use this opportunity to grow? Isabella is there too, so let’s trust her a little more.’