19:02
Kim Dokja told me we would move at 7 PM.
That means we've already started moving.
I turned my gaze to Lee Jihye.
"Is the preparation done?"
"For me, there's nothing much to prepare so it didn't take long... but will that kind of plan really work?"
"Our leader draws a big picture. You'll see."
I clenched Playful Cloud in my hand and grinned.
"Jihye-ya. Whoever breaks more wins, okay?"
"Is it a bet?"
"No? Just a game. Because if it were a bet, I'd obviously win."
I opened the status window and checked two exclusive skills.
[Staff Arts Lv 10], [Cursed Tool Manipulation Lv 9]
"Cursed Tool Manipulation level is only 9. Does it mean I have to be like him to reach 10..."
A man with a bad impression popping into my mind.
If it's that man with a scar on his lip, he'd definitely surpass Lv 10 easily.
"Jihye-ya. Ready?"
"I'm ready anytime."
Seeing Jihye's confident appearance, I looked at the clock again.
17:03 (Note: Time mismatch in original text, intended to be shortly after 19:02)
It's really time to depart now.
"Now then~ Let's go!"
The ground breaking begins now.
We broke things for a long time.
There were times when everyone was shocked by Lee Jihye's and my actions and tried to stop us.
But can ants stop a passing truck?
We moved without obstruction according to Kim Dokja's plan.
"Around this time..."
Boom.
A loud roar was heard from B2.
A roar signaling that Lee Hyunsung's attribute evolution was successful.
When that roar was heard, we finished destroying all the Green Zones with perfect timing.
"How many did you break?"
"Ajussi first."
"Twice as many as you broke."
"Liar!"
Unfortunately, it's true.
Because while breaking everything, I was watching how many Lee Jihye broke.
"Well, I knew there would be that much difference, so let's pass and go down."
"No, wait, how many did you br... Uwah?!"
I slung Lee Jihye over one shoulder with one hand and moved to the 2nd floor.
"Dokja-ssi."
"You're here. Gang-hoon-ssi."
"You caused quite a scene."
Lee Jihye, slung over my shoulder, couldn't hide her admiration upon seeing the situation.
Thud. Getting down from me, she looked around, then turned to Kim Dokja and started grinning.
"Refreshing, isn't it? I hated seeing those guys."
"They got what they deserved."
"So, what are you going to do about the swarm coming? I won't help this time."
"Don't expect you to."
Lee Jihye waved at us and slowly retreated backwards from the spot.
Probably won't leave the area just to watch us...
[A Bounty Scenario has occurred!]
< Bounty Scenario - Assassination Request >
Category: Sub
Difficulty: C
Clear Condition: Constellations belonging to Channel #BIR-3642 have requested the assassination of a specific individual. Eliminate 'Kim Dokja' of Chungmuro Station.
Time Limit: 10 minutes
Reward: 2500 Coins
Penalty for Failure: None
Hoh, 500 Coins more than what I know were added.
Maybe it's because of me. This.
"Dokja-ssi. Your ransom is quite high?"
"Indeed. If I kill Dokja-ssi now, do I get 2,500 Coins?"
"Why, are you going to kill me?"
"No way. Maybe if it were a hundred times that."
Even if it were a hundred times that, I wouldn't kill him.
Because he has value beyond that.
"Let's go easy. It's done now, right?"
"Easy, huh. That's a good idea."
At Kim Dokja's and my attitude, the group looked at us with expressions of disbelief.
"You'll see. It's not us they will be fighting."
[All 'Green Zones' in the station have been destroyed, causing the main scenario system to go berserk.]
[Difficulty is automatically adjusted according to the remaining scenario schedule.]
[Scenario content updated!]
The reason Kim Dokja knows this method is probably thanks to Yoo Joonghyuk, who went crazy from repeated regressions in the original work and acted to advertise 'I'm crazy.'
As you can see, the result is...
< Main Scenario #3 - Emergency Defense >
Category: Main
Difficulty: B-
Clear Condition: All 'Green Zones' in the station have been destroyed, causing monsters scheduled to spawn in the remaining days to go berserk all at once. Survive against the overflowing monsters until the remaining time runs out.
Duration: 8 hours
Reward: 1000 Coins
Penalty for Failure: -
As you can see.
It means monsters are scheduled to overflow for the remaining time.
[Emergency Defense begins!]
"W-what the!"
The people who were slowly approaching us screamed in panic.
The cries of monsters coming from outside the screen doors.
The swarm began to rush in like a tsunami, and in front of them was not us—
"Crazy! What are those!"
—but Gong Pildu's Landlord Alliance.
Naturally, the guys facing the monsters erased the Bounty Scenario from their minds, turned pale, and started scrambling to avoid the spot.
"Run to the transfer passage!"
Kim Dokja, thinking now was the chance, shouted to the group, and the group ran with all their might to the transfer stairs with Kim Dokja.
"Gang-hoon-ssi."
When we had climbed the stairs to some extent.
Kim Dokja stopped me, and he looked quietly at the stairs.
...Aha.
"All of it?"
"Yes. All of it, please."
"What are you saying! Hurry u..."
"You better dodge."
Feels like it's been a while using this.
No need to use Red or Purple to break this, so just moderately weak.
"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue."
Crack, snap.
Unable to withstand the pulling force, the stairs slowly crumbled and began to clump into a single point.
"W-what the!"
"Good luck~"
Boom!
The pile of rubble from the stairs slammed downwards immediately.
Effectively, their path up was cut off by my single action, and they could only glare at us.
"Find, find another way!"
"Useless."
Boom.
Boom.
Roars were heard several times.
At first, they didn't seem to figure out the source of the roar... but soon, remembering the action I just showed, they turned pale and looked at us.
"Wait, Ajussi! That's different from what you said! You said you'd save everyone..."
"Just wait. You can see what Kim Dokja is trying to do over there."
If it were an action meant to kill, I wouldn't have done it in the first place.
Because I feel uncomfortable killing anyone too.
"Hey, Gong Pildu! How long are you going to stay stupid?"
"You son of a bitch...!"
"You have to move if you want to live. If you move, everyone else can live too."
Agitating with words is definitely Kim Dokja's role.
Since the stage for that has been set, I just have to leave it to him.
"The third scenario isn't as difficult as you think. If everyone gives up on rooms and participates in the defense, only a number of monsters that can be sufficiently handled will appear."
Green Zones are practically traps that look good on the outside.
If they had given up all of them before we came and focused on defense from the start, the damage would have been less than now.
"Pildu-ssi, save us!"
"Gong Pildu. If you fight together with the people, everyone can definitely survive."
"It means if you seek to flee, you die; if you fight desperately, you can live."
As I chimed in from the side, Kim Dokja nodded.
It's a bit embarrassing to say this with my own mouth.
Those who seek to live will die, and those who seek to die will live.
[Lee Jihye's Sponsor reveals their modifier.]
[The Constellation 'God of War at Sea' nods.]
Since the Constellation who made this saying famous is watching us now.
"Now you don't have any 'rooms' to run to. Landlord or tenant, forget about that and fight quickly. Otherwise... everyone will die."
"Damn it, that bastard...!"
"Pildu-ssi! Help us!"
Kim Dokja's eloquence combined with the agitation skill is the icing on the cake.
In the first place, they have no other path to follow but these words.
Because we have no intention of helping, and monsters are pouring in.
"Damn it! Everyone gather!! It takes time to set up the Armed Zone anew! Everyone hold out just a little longer!!"
People began to gather around Gong Pildu's Armed Zone.
But since it's not easy to gather in an instant, some people started getting left behind, and those people were, as expected or should I say predictably, the original tenants.
"Yoo Sangah-ssi."
Kim Dokja looked at those people and quietly called Yoo Sangah, and at those words, Yoo Sangah immediately used her glowing thread to fish people out.
"Binding Thread, huh. Convenient skill."
While they were being fished out one by one like that, some of the people rescued to the upper floor looked at Kim Dokja, and I shifted my gaze to them before Kim Dokja could even look at them.
"If you were going to do it, you should have done it quickly."
[The time for the 'Bounty Scenario' has expired.]
[The bounty placed on Incarnation 'Kim Dokja' disappears.]
"Too bad~"
As I sarcastically remarked, they put down their weapons one by one and backed away.
I doubt they could have even left a scratch if they attacked anyway. Since I was standing firm.
"Everyone move!!"
At Gong Pildu's shout, Gong Pildu's private property, the Armed Zone, began to unfold immediately.
Five turrets raised their heads from the floor, and those turrets began firing condensed red magic bullets.
The magic bullets seemed to perform quite well, as the Ground Rats hit by the barrage screamed and died, and the momentum of the bear-shaped monsters, the Grolls, began to falter.
"W-Woaaaaah!"
Anyway, people are still useful even if they're a bit...
"Cost-effectiveness is good too, so he'll manage well on his own."
"Right. Rather, if we go down, we'll interfere with his turrets. Let's just watch."
Then, is this nearing the end? The work at Chungmuro Station is roughly done now. Then what was next?
I looked back at the group.
Kim Dokja suggested the group rest, and at those words, Jung Heewon immediately flopped down to sleep.
"Call me when it's roughly over. I need to rest a bit too."
I need to rest a bit too.
Because I just remembered the next scenario.
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