Episode 125. Summon & Cave (2)
Multidimensional broadcasting station, Loca.
“Sending invitations down to the lower dimensions is an obvious mistake.”
Sombrio, the team leader of the event planning team, who opened his mouth with an entry-level cigarette with three fingers, looked at the newcomer, who had just become an employee, with dreary eyes and spit out a long smoke.
“after… . After all, the food tastes good.”
“manager!”
Sombrio looked back at his cry. Blue skin and elongated ears. It’s not a special appearance, but the clothes and the appearance are exactly symmetrical.
The fact that a guy who manages himself like this was kicked out of the HR team that had only perfectionists and fell into the event planning team meant that he had a lot of internal flaws.
“Husley, how long have you been here?”
“I was appointed as a full-time employee two weeks ago. Does that matter?”
Sombrio, who rubbed the burning tobacco on the floor, opened the door of the conference room and came out.
“Chief, please answer me.”
A passing HR employee sees Husley and frowns. Sombrio opened his mouth when Husley tried to catch the HR employee.
“What do you think will happen if the disadvantages outweigh the advantages?”
“Are you saying I’m such a fool?”
Sombrio wiped the folds of his hair with his palm and handed him the papers on his desk.
“I am not your nanny. blue.”
“Don’t call me by that anonymity!”
Sombrio laughed at Husley’s enraged look and tapped the end of the paper he was holding with his long middle finger.
“If you want to be called by my name, build a track record. Blue Poco.”
When Poko, meaning little, was added to the anchovy, Husley was furious, revealing all the wrinkles he had on his face, but he could not do anything because he knew the difference with him well.
“profit!”
“Let’s work, work. The manager also stops bullying newcomers.”
“You are the shooter.”
While the face of the employee who intervened to mediate hardened, the other members of the team breathed a sigh of relief.
“Ah, yumma. Follow.”
“I am not a yamma. Hustle—”
As soon as he moved away from Sombrio’s desk, Demonio, an event planning team member, held Husley’s head with one hand, revealing his sharp teeth.
“Ugh, let it go!”
“The event planning team is a wastebasket where only old-timers gather.”
“I know! But I will be transferred to another team soon! Ouch.”
Demonio’s sharp claws pierce Husley’s scalp. Husley, startled by the lack of hesitation, opens his eyes, and Demonio points his index finger right in front of his eyeball.
“Keep in mind two things. Don’t be rude to your boss. Don’t make me explain it twice. Did you understand?”
“… Yes, ugh.”
When Demonio’s nails that were scratching the skull’s surface came off, Husley hurriedly cast a recovery magic to restore the body whose symmetry had been broken.
“This is your seat.”
Husley, who was assigned a seat right next to Demonio, sat down at an empty desk and found the documents the team leader had given him.
[Sub-Dimension Directory]
Expressing his anger by crumpling the already crumpled paper once more, Husley quickly calmed his emotions when he made eye contact with Demonio, who was looking right next to him.
“If you turn the next page, you will see what you need to do. Do it and report the results to me.”
“… yes.”
“The answer is big.”
As Demonio narrowed the corners of his eyes, showing his nails, Husley involuntarily tightened his abs and said:
“Yes!”
When the other team looked at this, Husley felt ashamed and hurriedly buried his head in the papers.
[Individual work order]
From the top, people’s names and missions were listed, and Husley found his name on the last line.
[Blue Poco: Streaming management and reporting of special features of summoners from lower dimensions.]
It was painful to watch the low-level beggars, but Husley thought it was something he could do, but he couldn’t help but question the enormous number of participants written below it.
“shooter.”
“Yamma, when you call a shooter, you should give them a name and an honorific title. Isn’t this the basics of social life?”
“… Master Demonio. Am I really managing all the people listed here by myself?”
Seeing the team leader’s instructions that had been given to Husley at a glance, Demonio responded by tapping his chin lightly.
“It’s easy. In just three days, 90% will run out.”
“ah! but. How long will the bugs last? In a week, I have nothing to do. Wouldn’t it be better to help Archer Demonio’s work?”
Demonio knew that even in the lower dimensions, creatures as common as those in the upper dimensions often appeared, so he threw Husley’s nonsense over his ears.
* * *
Honmong’s Magul, the first day of survival.
This event is like the electric mouse catcher game that was popular in the past, after subduing the opponent’s summons with my summons. ‘Hey, this is my defeat. Let’s meet again next time!’, ‘Okay. Do not accept any challenge!’ It was not a beautiful and romantic event where they exchanged the same lines and encouraged each other’s growth.
Of course, I guessed in my heart from the hideous explanation that it’s survival, so if you die, you’ll really die. I also had high expectations.
“die! You bastard monkey! Whoops!”
Until I met that damn racist.
“You know the word monkey? Hey, I’ll live a long time and see. The worm speaks.”
“Kshaak!”
That bipedal mantis head, who was hit on the stomach by Queen within my domain and flew away, introduced herself to Samigra, a chirejong from the intermediate level.
Its summoned beast was a servant who looked just like him, and surprisingly, he even boasted that he was the 998th child.
Originally, this event may have a culture of bragging about children, but I did not want to hear it, so I sent Samsik to deal with it.
“Dare you my son!”
“Hey, I was just curious. Are you really sad when you return and there are 997 sons waiting for you?”
“… Whoa!”
He glances at the round spheres floating around us, then grabs his face and acts with tears. This bastard is ignorant of streaming.
In the meantime, Quinn puts two mantis legs extending from his back between his armpits to block the attack and look back at me.
I pondered for a moment at the gaze that asked me what to do.
“Kill it.”
“Sleep, wait! help me. As you said, I have 997 children in my hometown. If I don’t go back, everyone will die. I’ll hold out for just one day and surrender to you. Then you get a victory count, and I’ll go home safely. On our planet, we pay you for the days you hold on. please… , I beg you.”
Queen hesitates at his plausible story. He lowered his fist again and opened his mouth.
“Manhyuk, I don’t think this is the case. This person isn’t even a criminal.”
When she took the life of a Mexican gang, it was Quinn who didn’t have anything in her hands. This guy is looking for justifications to rationalize like he did back then.
That’s right, at least 18 years old. It will take at least 10 years to see the strong queen I know.
“You decide.”
But no. If it was left to the flow, wouldn’t it be worthwhile to return?
“yes?”
“You are responsible.”
Quinn’s physical abilities aren’t much lacking compared to her heyday. Rather, in terms of durability, it is not an exaggeration to say that it has surpassed the Leeds era thanks to the consumption of Pinky’s antennae.
The problem is his mentality. Numerically, I feel it is far short of what it was at the time.
“… okay.”
I hope you grow strong in the choices and responsibilities that risk your life. It’s also a good environment to practice in, so I’m going to entrust the lives of all summoners I encounter during this event to Queen’s decision.
Key profit!
As Quinn’s arm loosened, the mantis head quickly retrieved his arm and, without looking at the cub’s corpse, pulled it out in the direction we had come.
【Result settlement】
【tie】
【Reward: 5 Coins】
‘Winning is 10 coins, draw is 5 coins. Then defeat, ah. You don’t have to think about this.’
The result of a draw even after killing the opponent’s summoned beasts and letting them escape means that only death or surrender is considered defeat.
Coins can only be used here, so the moment you surrender, you lose their usefulness, and if you die, what is the use of all the coins?
Quinn muttered softly as she approached me after rubbing her green slime fists against the stalactites that rose from the floor.
“Status window.”
【Participant: Roman】
【Date of Survival: 0】
【Win: 1 / Draw: 1】
【ranking : -】
【Viewers: 0】
【Coins: 15】
Basic knowledge came into my head with the notification that the streaming started on the first day.
This window is one of them, and as you can see, we can grasp our current situation at a glance.
The only victory he has is because he killed the gold earring guy he met shortly after the start.
I was explaining to Queen who was suddenly summoned and embarrassed, so I left Samsik to take care of it, and she cleaned it up with three magic missiles.
‘It’s been said that the rankings are displayed starting from the top 100, so it’s a bit like that there are no viewers at all.’
How many people are you going to see? There must be hipsters who have a preference for minors.
“It will be soon. cheer up.”
Quinn, who was looking at the status window with her, reads my gaze and offers her own consolation.
“OK.”
Quinn whispers to me as I shrug my shoulders and answer in a casual tone.
“cute.”
who, i?
“Are you flirting with me now?”
A queen with her big eyes wide open. I left him alone and was strongly conscious of the word coin in the status window.
【Purchase List】
【equipment】
【technology】
【food】
【tool】
【Etc】
Even when I first opened the shop window, I entered the word in the search box at the bottom without any hesitation.
“Isn’t it time you laugh?”
When I spoke coldly to Queen, who was laughing at my face, she was surprised and asked.
“Oh, why?”
I showed him an item from the shop window.
【Earth-style sanitary napkins: 10 coins】
【*Items from lower dimensional civilizations may have a slightly higher price due to distribution reasons.】
“Holly—”
After enjoying the sweet swearing of the Queen, which I can’t hear often, I immediately pushed the price of the next item in front of him.
【Basic cosmetics: 20 coins】
Only then did Quinn realize that she was bare-faced and turned away from me.
“What is it, come here.”
“Uh, what. Nothing.”
“okay? Then let’s go.”
“Yes.”
I couldn’t help but say a word to the pathetic Queen, who hesitated and hesitated to walk, glanced back at the road we had passed.
“Queen, your justice is worse than cosmetics.”
“… no.”
“Then don’t try to overturn the decision you’ve already made. and.”
He whispered softly into his ear from behind.
“You look cute without makeup.”
As soon as she blew out one of the creepy lines she had seen in a drama, Queen trembled all over her body, then stepped forward, shaking her shoulders and smiling. He’s still young, so his reaction is great.
‘I should have streamed this.’
Let’s check the viewers by opening the status window in disappointment.
【Viewers: 1】
Five?