37 – The fog lifts
Ruthless monsters emerged from the fog.
Humans who encountered them showed various reactions.
“Ahh! help me! please! aaagh!”
or get scared and run away.
“Hey, get out of here! die! Die!”
Or swing your weapon wildly in a panic.
“Damn it… … .”
Either give up on everything and accept death.
However, the results were not different for anyone.
“Cheuk! Cool!”
A man whose chest was pierced by tentacles coughed up blood.
Monsters came from all sides and hunted down all the people without mercy.
Of course, not everyone died in vain.
“Damn it! Everyone unite at once! Dig through the bow!”
“Wherever you look, monsters are coming! Impossible!”
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Kim Min-soo took a relatively normal human and made a fuss.
But his face was also stained with despair.
As if he already knew there was no way he could survive here.
“It worked out better than I thought.”
I was watching the whole scene from afar.
Riding on top of a monster’s head.
“Kiyayaya!”
Then a winged monster jumped from the side.
“What is this?”
– Perok!
With one swing of the baseball bat, the whole monster exploded.
The taste is pretty good.
‘If those people had properly formed camps and fought, the outcome would have been different.’
As I said, the monster in the mist is not as strong as it looks.
It is ugly in appearance and not small in size.
When you actually fight, it feels like it’s worth fighting against.
If only they were unafraid and prepared to fight.
There would have been sacrifices, but they would have been able to return alive.
‘Well, I’m the one who induced it to be like that.’
If they weren’t afraid in the first place, monsters wouldn’t have appeared so many.
There is also a bit of regret.
If they had fought properly, it would have been easier to kill the monster later.
[The trait ‘Metafiction’ has been activated!]
[Keep calm and cool!]
Was it such a terrible sight?
Metafiction activated and protected my sanity.
But now I wonder if I need to do that.
‘I don’t feel any sympathy for them.’
If you were your old self, would you feel guilty?
I honestly don’t think so.
This is a world that is perishing.
We cannot show mercy even to those who approach us with malice.
It’s not because they perceive this world as a novel.
It’s just that they pointed their knives at me first.
‘Still, I think I did well by leaving Hye-na behind.’
Hyena is neither cold-blooded like me nor a reincarnated person like Yuri.
This sight must have left a trauma for him.
Of course, Hyena is stronger than I thought.
You don’t have to get hurt.
“Sah, save me! I was wrong, please help me!”
At that time, Minsu Kim found me and shouted.
There was blood spattering on his body, of which he did not know who it belonged to.
His always relaxed face was already covered with fear.
All the subordinates around him were already dead and spread out.
“I will do anything! If you’re with me, you can rule that safe zone as you please! He could make other women his sex slaves! So please!”
At those words, I scratched my cheek.
And he answered in a calm voice.
“How much will you give me? 10,000 coins is worth thinking about.”
What did he think upon hearing this?
To be honest, I don’t know that far, and I don’t even want to know.
Let time pass again like that.
Finally, the moving human completely disappeared.
“It is a terrible sight.”
Chunks of meat lying all over the place.
The floor was littered with blood and pink flesh.
To be honest, it wouldn’t be strange even if it made me nauseous.
Perhaps thanks to the meta-fiction, my heart was calm.
“Then it’s my turn soon.”
I kicked my body and swung my baseball bat at the monsters.
– Kwajik!
[You have acquired 200 coins.]
[You have acquired 150 coins.]
[You have acquired 300 coins.]
A coin notification sound that spreads lightly with each hit.
As expected, because there are so many monsters, the amount of coins earned is different.
It was time to deal with the monsters while feeling the joy of finding the farming bonanza.
“This, this… bastard… … .”
“What, are you still alive?”
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Kim Min-soo, who fell to the floor, said.
I was holding my breath, but I didn’t think I could get up.
The flanks are largely torn off.
Blood and intestines flowed through the wounds.
Honestly, it’s a miracle that he’s still conscious.
“You bastard… are you still human? Having killed so many people… … .”
Hearing that, I slowly approached him.
It was impressive to make a frightened expression on a subject who was already dying.
“Hey, let’s get it right. Honestly, you guys tried to kill me first.”
“Keugh… … .”
“And didn’t you monopolize food and drive people into the fog to kill them all? Honestly, you must have killed more people? But are you insulting me? Not anyone else, but you?”
I reached out and touched Kim Min-soo’s cheek.
“This is just. You have always been strong, and this time I am stronger than you.”
Yes, that was the rule in this world.
The weak die, and the strong survive.
We are all just ugly humans.
Of course, there is a suitable line.
And as long as this is the world in the novel.
Anyone who crosses that line is bound to die.
Because readers can’t forgive such a character.
‘That would be the same for me.’
I got up from my seat.
Minsu Kim did not answer.
To be exact, he died before I finished my words.
Although it was not intentional.
With this, the dictator who ruled the safe zone disappeared.
It was then that the message came to mind.
[The 1st Main Quest has ended!]
[Congratulations on surviving!]
[After a short break, the 2nd main quest will begin!]
“Oh, the fog is lifting.”
The hazy fog disappeared like a lie.
I could see the bright sunlight in the distance.
That’s how the first main quest ended.
****
Massacre of Kim Min-soo’s gang.
When I told this news, a commotion spread among the survivors.
First of all, I didn’t kill it, but the monster came and died, but well.
To be honest, I don’t know if I’ll believe it.
The first thing they asked was:
“Then food… … .”
“We will distribute food equally, of course.”
My words brought joy to people’s faces.
He probably thought that I would rule instead of Kim Min-soo.
‘Don’t bother.’
I felt a little bit about this.
After all, leading or managing others is tiring.
Anyway, we are leaving for the hotel soon.
I decided not to scrape and make a boil.
“Anyway, I’m a bit surprised.”
Yuri asked while distributing food to people.
“what?”
“There is no need for us to even distribute food. ‘Cause it doesn’t matter now I brought all the weapons they dropped to the annoyance.”
“Well, not really.”
Since the fog is gone anyway, most of the people will disperse.
Of course, there must be people who still stay together.
Most will go their separate ways.
There is also a way to just do it yourself, whether it’s food or whatever.
“But if I did that, I thought there would be a fight.”
It is human beings that the lives of others are insignificant in front of their own suffering.
If left as it is, a second Kim Min-soo could appear again.
Even if it wasn’t, there was a chance that a fight would break out.
Of course, as Yuri said, it’s none of our business… … .
“Still, something is bothering you.”
“Hmm.”
At my words, Yuri nodded slightly.
I neither agree nor disagree with my opinion.
I just added this.
“I hope you never forget that feeling.”
How would I look to a knight who had already been destroyed once?
To be honest, I don’t know.
“Phew! Is this the end?”
“yes! It was distributed as equally as possible.”
It was a time when we were smiling proudly after finishing the final cleaning up.
Suddenly a group approached.
“Jihoon!”
When I turned my head, I saw the men who had asked me to fight the other day.
“Thank you very much!”
“thank you!”
Let the man standing as the representative bow down and say hello.
Others have expressed their appreciation as well.
“I was moved by Ji-hoon’s spirit of sacrifice and deep meaning!”
“……Yes?”
“You don’t have to hide it. You deliberately fought alone in order to reduce the sacrifice even a little!”
What is this all of a sudden?
“When he refused, I could understand, but at the same time I felt regret. In fact, it was to handle all the enemies alone! As expected, the dishes are different from ours!”
To the man’s words, the people behind him also added.
“I will not forget this favor!”
“Thank you so much!”
“Jihoon-nim is our dark hero!”
To be honest, I am a bit perplexed.
I don’t know if you can interpret my actions like this.
‘So you’re saying that they deliberately took it as if I fought alone because they didn’t want to get hurt?’
It’s a story more like a dream than a dream.
If I think about what I did, I want to be able to see it that way.
Of course, the reaction like a fanatic is a bit suspicious.
“If you ever need any help in the future, let me know! We will risk our lives to follow you!”
“Hey there, everyone. It’s not… … .”
It was when Hye-na, who was worse off, was trying to explain.
I stopped her and stepped forward.
“I just fought for the powerless. At one time, I was afraid that I would be considered a villain. It is enough that you understand my heart.”
At the words of a saint, people cheered as if they had been waiting.
“Oh, yes! that mindset! We will live with it in our hearts!”
“Hero of the weak!”
“The Conscience of the Ruined World!”
“The dark knight in the safe zone!”
Yuri and Hyena looked at me as if they were dumbfounded.
what, why, what
What if my conscience explodes?
Lol, tell them, tell them, tell them the truth. Nunununu 😈🦎