162 – Returner becomes stronger (7)
“Hey, are you confident? Are you confident? Oh, f*ck. “It really pisses people off.”
“… You wanna die?”
When Choi Ji-won and I arrived at the carriage, we saw players having a war of nerves.
“Ah~ I suck. “I can’t just gouge out that bastard’s eyes.”
An Asian man with blonde hair who screams loudly and gets angry at random.
“… “
A white skinhead staring at a rice cake with bloody eyes.
At first glance, it looked like he was being bullied, but looking at his movements, it was clear that he was scared. That’s because the skinheads’ momentum was unusual. Just by looking at the posture of holding the mace, it is clear that he is not an ordinary person of skill.
“Oppa! Let’s just go. What’s the matter?”
Nevertheless, the reason I keep fighting until the end is probably because my lover is watching from behind.
“What are you looking at? What you looking at? “This horo bastard is real.”
In the end, Tteokdae, eaten by bluff, is about to cross an irreversible line.
“Hello everyone? Nice to meet you.”
When Choi Ji-won came to the front and said hello, the tense atmosphere relaxed in an instant.
“Choi Ji-won? “Is this really Choi Ji-won?”
“Wow. Jiwon Choi: You were on the 13th floor now. “I thought he would have gone higher.”
“… “The national bubble has arrived.”
Whether you expressed your joy at seeing her or expressed your hostility by calling her a made-up hero, Choi Ji-won was a celebrity. The mere appearance of such a famous person changed the atmosphere.
“… “I consider myself lucky.”
Although he is bragging until the end, he is greatly relieved on the inside and returns to his lover.
“… No matter how you look at it, it looks like an asshole. “What kind of confidence is this?”
A white skinhead returns to the carriage, tilting his head as if he doesn’t understand. After a quick look, I came across an estimate. The white skinheads were top-level players who were confident in their skills, while the white skinheads were upper-middle-level players who quickly rose to the top.
This is the problem with this tower. As long as you compromise on compensation to some extent, it was possible to climb the tower quickly even without skill. As a result, skilled players and unskilled players end up mixed together. No, maybe this was intentional?
“Water can be found over there, and food can be found inside the wooden box here. “I’ve been waiting here for three days to get the hang of it.”
“Thank you for letting us know.”
The players are friendly and offer to make a kite with Choi Ji-won, and Choi Ji-won looks around while receiving their guidance. During that time, I was busy looking around the carriage and gathering information. This carriage was empty inside. And there are no horses to pull the carriage. It can be considered as just a skeleton.
I was asked a few times what my relationship was with Choi Ji-won, but I just answered it as a colleague. It was obvious that if they openly revealed that they were lovers, it would cause more harm than good.
“Is it here? “Is there anything else besides here?”
While I was inspecting the carriage, the 20th player finally arrived. At the same time, the text floating in the air changed to [20/20].
Damn!
The cloth covering the carriage was removed, and a man with an impressive thick mustache stepped down to the ground.
“Are you adventurers who came as a request? One, two, three… twenty. That’s accurate. “You arrived at the right time.”
“What, what?”
“There was no one inside the carriage?”
“No, there was a horse in front of the carriage.”
Whether the players were embarrassed or not, the mustachioed man looked around and nodded his head.
“Good. You may already know the content of the request, but I will explain it again at the end. Our carriage will now depart for Kalada Village. Oh, let me tell you in advance, I know. It can take two days at the earliest, or three days at the earliest. “It’s not that far.”
“…Where is that?”
“Nevertheless, the reason we hired you adventurers is because the items in this carriage are so valuable. The carriage never, ever! It must not be damaged. You must protect it with all your heart and soul. Oh, except for the last carriage. “It contains your food and water, so you can use it freely.”
The mustachioed man poured out explanations in a peculiar accent and then tried to enter the carriage again.
“Mister! “Stop for a second!”
“Hey, hey! Catch!”
Three or four players clung to the man and tried to stop him, but the mustachioed man used his superhuman strength to shake off all of the players and went back into the carriage.
“No, I shouldn’t be asking questions!
A player with a fever on his head nervously pulled back the cloth of the carriage the man was entering.
“… “Where have you gone?”
The inside was filled with wooden boxes. So much so that there was no room for anyone to enter.
＜13Th floor＞
-Escort the carriage.
A concise message window appears before your eyes at the same time. The players are looking helplessly at the string floating in the air.
“No, this is how it starts?”
“Why are you just telling me to escort the carriage without saying anything…?” “
“Hey, hey. The carriage moves. “You have to follow.”
“Holy sh*t.”
The players were not even given time to feel lost. This is because horses that suddenly appeared in front of the carriage shook their heads and started pulling the carriage.
“Where is this going? “Is the horse going on its own?”
“That’s right. What could be… “It’s so sudden.”
Most of the intelligent beings that have appeared in the tower so far have been residents of the tower. It feels like the player has invaded their home.
But the mustachioed man I just saw was like an NPC in the truest sense. He suddenly appears, gives an explanation to himself, and then disappears again. It’s no wonder players are embarrassed.
“Junho.”
Choi Ji-won sneakily came next to me during that gap.
“What do you know? Be honest. “Your expression is strange right now.”
“To be exact, I don’t know what it is, but I do know most of the cases.”
Five carriages. 3 Days given. 20 People have to escort such a carriage.
This was a cliché, so-called ‘escort mission.’ To be honest, this is a scene that appears so often in web novels that I get sick of it.
“Um… In my opinion, there are three possible outcomes that can be guessed in the current situation.”
I walk next to the carriage and continue explaining to Choi Ji-won.
“First, if there are really valuables in the carriage.”
Whether it contains the last survivor of a fallen kingdom, a sacred object from somewhere, or the masterpiece created by the greatest craftsman… Anyway, if there really are valuables in the carriage.
In this case, you only need to be careful of two things: external threats and internal threats. Since there is an escort, of course there will be raiders, and there will also be mischievous players who can’t control their curiosity about what’s inside the carriage.
So, as long as you keep the carriage intact and perfect, you will be successful. Since Choi Ji-won and I are there, in this case, we can just eat it raw.
“And second. In fact, if you shouldn’t escort the carriage.”
However, to put a twist on this, there is also a possibility that what is inside the carriage is something scary. The moment you can’t control your curiosity and open the wooden box, the monster sealed inside awakens.
In this case, there is a high possibility that the attacker is actually an ally. We came here to help and purify something evil, but without even knowing it, we end up killing them all. Well, this is also one of the time-honored clichés.
“Finally… “
“And finally?”
“There is a possibility that the carriage is full of trash.”
“What does that mean?”
“The carriage was not the goal, we were the goal.”
In fact, there are no valuable items in the carriage, and the purpose itself may be to transport the players to ‘Kalada’ village. When the carriage arrives at its destination, a large number of assailants appear and point out the point of their swords, saying, ‘You were tricked!’
“Well, there may be some ridiculous possibilities that I haven’t thought of. “Top’s explanation is so concise, I think it’s right to leave all possibilities open.”
“Hmm… It’s a bit like a puzzle. “On the outside, it looks like just an escort mission, but when you open the lid, there’s a lot hidden there.”
“But, we don’t need to think complicatedly.”
“… ?”
Choi Ji-won looks at me with an expression that says, ‘You just laid out complicated possibilities, so what do you mean, there’s no need to think about it complicatedly?’
“This is just my guess, but just escorting the carriage normally will clear it. “If there is something hidden, you don’t even know it exists.”
“So, you’re going to wake up and take a look first?”
“That’s right.”
It is difficult to find out the secret by repeatedly returning to it and digging your head in. There may be no secrets.
Once we return to reality, we can receive information through the association. So, first of all, you only have to wake it once.
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But with Kim Jun-ho and Choi Ji-won, how could they fail the escort mission?
“It seemed like it would be easy.”
A layer of tangled truth that often appears in tower climbing stories.
From a regressor’s point of view, this is the easiest floor.