102 – Regressors reorganize (3)
Sreuk.
Turn the page.
＜4Th floor survivor report＞
The first part of the report was structured in a question and answer format. Someone asks, and a survivor on the fourth floor answers.
Q: How was your experience on the 4th floor?
A1: It was terrible. I don’t want to think about it again.
Q: Please explain in detail the part that was terrible.
A1: A crazy player raped an NPC woman, and the NPC forces immediately protested. However, because that crazy player was the strongest on the 4th floor, there was a bloody massacre. I have never seen so many corpses in my life.
Q: What happened next? Monsters appear on the 4th floor, right?
A1: Monsters came in the early morning of the third day. Since everyone was sleeping, they had no idea that a monster had invaded. Weak players were unable to respond and were killed, and only very strong players survived. Even after barely surviving, it was difficult to fall asleep due to the smell of blood in the castle.
“… Hmm.”
Again, we prepared very thoroughly.
Not only did they block all the doors to the castle wall, but they also searched the castle in their spare time to find every hidden element. So to speak, it has been scraped all the way to the bottom.
But, if you spent two days in a daze like this person, without any preparation… There would have been tremendous damage.
Q: What happened after that?
A1: Almost all the players died on the first day. The remaining 10 people locked themselves in a room in the castle and began a sit-in protest, but were able to survive the remaining two days without any major problems.
Q: What about NPCs? Do they know what happened?
A1: I don’t know. I don’t know because I’ve never left the room. I don’t remember very well.
“Hmm… “
Because all the people summoned to the floor did not make any preparations, they were all killed.
It is certainly one of the possible scenarios, but it is too extreme. There is also no information to be obtained. Personally, I wanted to prove the hypothesis presented by Gyeongnam Gyeongnam, ‘When the number of aliens becomes equal to the number of players, the attack stops.’
Putting the disappointing questions and answers aside, I turn the pages again. After about an hour passed, I finally found the style of questions and answers I was looking for.
A8: We decided to cooperate with the NPCs and protect each other. It was judged that NPCs would not have been given just like that. I had an intuition that it was directly related to compensation.
Q: I would like to hear more details.
A8: Didn’t you emphasize ‘moral values’ in the tutorial? We decided that the main value of the 4th floor would be cooperation.
“The flow is good.”
A8.
This guy had quite the head. Although he didn’t seem to have planned to completely block the castle wall through construction, he made his own preparations, such as sending out some players to scout around the castle and setting up traps.
While I was reading the report with such interest.
A8: But the judgment I made was a misjudgment. The value of the 4th floor is never ‘cooperation’.
Suddenly, A8’s tone becomes aggressive.
Q: It was a misjudgment? I want to hear more details.
A8: The level of difficulty on the 4th floor is too high. It is not a difficulty level where you can survive while protecting NPCs. The first wave on the 3rd day was bearable, but the wave on the 4th day was not at a level that could be blocked.
Q: You can keep talking.
A8: We boldly abandoned the NPCs on the 5th day. So the level of difficulty suddenly felt easy. All we had to do was protect ourselves, so it wasn’t difficult.
“… “
A8. This person immediately abandoned NPCs the moment the difficulty level increased. Since the reason for trying to protect people in the first place was compensation, there is no reason to risk one’s life to protect them.
Yes. What happened next?
A8: But… When there were about 4 hours left in the time limit, ‘they’ appeared.
Q: Those?
A8: They are…
-A8 The question and answer session was stopped because the survivor complained of sudden dizziness.
“… What?”
It’s really cut off here. Even if you turn the report to the next page, all you see is the Q&A with A9.
“Um… “
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Under the circumstances, the aliens would have died indiscriminately. It was very difficult for ordinary people to survive on the 4th floor without anyone guarding them.
And maybe… The number of players and the number of otherworlders would have been the same.
The ‘those’ mentioned above would have appeared.
“Seup… “
First of all, Gyeongnam Gyeongnam’s theory was wrong. ‘I will realize again that I will die’ was never a positive expression. There is no way that something that brings back such terrible memories that make people feel sick just by recalling them can be positive.
However, the description of ‘them’ is insufficient. This will come up if you read further.
After organizing the information I gained in my head, I turn over the report again. However, the question and answer that followed was a series of ordinary content, not much different from the previous question and answer.
Let’s summarize the commonalities that can be gleaned from the testimonies of survivors…
First. On day 3, players who suffered catastrophic damage in the first wave did not suffer further damage in subsequent waves. It is said that most people who managed to survive on the third day survived until the fifth day.
Second. All of those who tried to protect the aliens gave up at the last minute or compromised by saving only some. And it is said that he saw ‘those’. Although the expressions varied from person to person, they had something in common: they abstractly described what a terrible scene it was.
Third. Those who did not prepare did not feel a significant change in difficulty, but those who did prepare felt a drastic change in difficulty.
Fourth. People who cleared the 4th floor say they will never protect NPCs again.
The third thing is important here. It is noteworthy that the moment you prepare, the difficulty level changes.
In this round, we made every effort to proceed with the construction, including blocking the gates of the castle wall and blocking the entrance to the castle. However, as if the monsters were laughing at that, they melted the blocked entrance and came in, and even a winged monster appeared.
Monsters have appeared that directly counter our efforts. This was the same for other people as well.
If you prepare for monsters in advance, a monster that neutralizes your preparations appears the next day. A single law of destruction could not last more than one day.
However, it is valid for ‘one day’. This is the key.
If you didn’t know, you would take it easy and just believe in what you had prepared, but if you knew, you could come up with a new preparedness plan. I gained incredibly useful information.
“Phew.”
Maybe it’s because I read too much, but I feel a little mentally tired. However, the report still has a long way to go. After massaging his eyebrows for a moment, he started reading the report again.
Even if what we’ve read so far has been repeated, isn’t there a possibility that something noteworthy will come out in the latter half of the book?
I read, read, and read again.
The code name of the person answering is A20. A30. After crossing the A40, we finally reached the A60.
“… Uh?”
Without realizing it, I ended up making noises with my voice.
A61: I had no choice. I’m sorry Count Julius, but we did our best. I’m sorry for not being able to protect him and his people, but we can’t die to save them.
“… “Who is Count Julius?”
This is my first time hearing this name. There was such a person? Is it a hidden piece?
Q: Please explain in detail.
A61: We abandoned Count Julius and his fiefdoms. But he lied first. From the moment he was first summoned, he consistently bluffed. His own fiefdoms are all trained soldiers, he himself is an archmage, his knights can even cut mountains…
Q: Wasn’t that true?
A61: Absolutely not. All the residents of his territory were farmers. The number of trained soldiers did not exceed 20.
“… What is this sound.”
‘The moment I was first summoned’. His soldiers. His knights.
I have an ominous imagination, so I quickly flip through the report. The keywords you are looking for are titles such as baron or earl.
“… Oh my god.”
The results were surprising.
Count Julius. Marquis Yungtel. Viscount Gorbachev. Baron Irving.
The otherworldly nobles mentioned in the report all had different names. The appearance described was also different. Personalities are also different.
“… Baron Jorge… “
It was never mentioned. This could only mean one thing.
The goblin shaman in the tutorial comes back to life even if he dies. He comes back to life and dies as many times as the tutorial is repeated.
There is no point in trying to save the goblin shaman. Even if he survives once, he will die again anyway, and even if he dies once, he will come back to life anyway. He is completely tied to the tower.
But… Baron Jorge, that’s not it. Nobles summoned to the 4th floor are not summoned again. They are not repetitive beings, but unique beings.
What this means is that the aliens are not simply a natural environment prepared for the 4th floor. It means that they, too, are truly living beings struggling to survive. This means that it is not an NPC that can be easily discarded.
“… “
When I realize that, I feel like my heart is sinking heavily. There is one more reason to save Baron Jorge and his fiefdoms. The responsibility on my shoulders has also become greater.
“Come to your senses.”
No. Nothing changes. It’s enough to save everything. It is right to collect information during this time.
I opened my eyes again and was about to read the report carefully.
Tiriring Tiriring Tiriring.
“… What.”
The sound of music that breaks the immersion. The cell phone was flashing and ringing. I was just about to turn off my phone to finish reading the report.
“… “
[Choi Ji-won]
When I saw the words written on the screen, I couldn’t bear it.
Click.
I pressed the call button as if I was possessed by something, and a voice came from the cell phone.
“Junho… Can we meet now?”
Choi Ji-won’s voice was trembling.