Chapter 136 – 136. Kill Everyone You Come Across.

A massive open labyrinth that can accommodate as many as 1,500 people.

Although the sky is open, there is a clear end, and outside a certain area is surrounded by high cliffs, making it impossible to go over.

In addition, all kinds of ‘ghosts’ and ‘stragglers’ who entered the forest but lost their way and were left behind wander throughout the forest.

Moreover, curse-spreading beasts and unidentified buildings were also scattered throughout the forest.

This was a small dimension separated from reality and a place that could be called a model garden.

It could be seen as a place modeled after the Forest of the Missing, a fixed labyrinth.

It can be seen as a kind of testing ground, as well as a screening center to filter out the 150 survival experts.

Anyway, Kang In-ho opened his eyes in such a strange and dangerous place.

“Huh..”

As soon as he opened his eyes, he immediately pulled out the Demon Sword of Destruction from his inventory and stood up, out of breath.

When the liver enters the labyrinth, everyone wakes up unconscious. So, we had to quickly assess the situation and prepare for the upcoming threat.

If you stay in a daze, you may be hunted by other survivors who wake up first.

‘Presence detection.’

Kang In-ho immediately searched for his colleagues and activated presence detection to detect other survivors who might be approaching.

Soon someone was caught by his skills

“Ayun. Ah, Yuna. Wake up.”

That was Baek A-yoon, who had collapsed. Kang In-ho quickly shook Baek A-yoon, whose dyed blue hair was slowly turning black due to loss of water, to wake her up.

“Yes? Ugh.. Oh my.!”

Baek Ah-yoon, like Kang In-ho, quickly got up from his seat and grabbed the serial killer’s ax, which was his main weapon.

Before accompanying Kang In-ho, she also had experience entering the labyrinth alone, so she was able to react quickly.

“Oppa, here.”

“Oh, yes.”

At that time, Yoo Sae-ah and Yoo Sae-yeon, who had been spawned a little away, approached and quickly joined the team. Sae-ah Yoo also had experience with a simple labyrinth, so she was able to respond quickly.

Anyway, the only person left now is Hyuna Kim.

“Where did Hyuna go?”

“You can’t shout, right?”

“Uh. Then it’s too much of an aggro and can’t be done.”

I couldn’t just shout out without even knowing what was around me.

In response, Kang In-ho quickly activated the warrior’s old ring to further increase his physical abilities, and then activated presence detection even wider to detect all nearby beings.

“Ugh..”

At that moment, too much information flowed into Kang In-ho’s head, causing a slight nosebleed to drip from Kang In-ho’s nose.

“Hey, Inho!”

“It’s okay.”

Kang In-ho told Yu Sae-yeon, who was worried, that it was okay and she continued to expand her detection range. It would be nice to be able to guess what she wants, but Kang In-ho wasn’t that good at utilizing her skills.

Thanks to this, all kinds of bugs and small animals were caught in his presence detection, and my brain grew hotter.

‘Big creatures… Only big creatures…’

Agaf suddenly spoke in Kang In-ho’s mind as he was forced to reduce the range so that he could only detect large creatures.

[Wait, wait, wait. Stop first.]

“Huh..?”

[I just finished figuring out the skills. Leave it to me.]

“What.?”

[I can write it better, so please pass it on.]

“Oh, yes.”

Agaf took over Kang In-ho’s presence detection. At the same time that the presence detection skill was transferred to Agap, Kang In-ho felt a certain sense of liberation.

We are liberated from vast amounts of information.

[There it is. It’s there.]

Agaf identified Kim Hyun-ah’s location in just 10 seconds. Kang In-ho was thrilled by the guardian spirit, which was so powerful that it was scary.

“Oh, brother. Are you okay?”

“Uh? Ah. Huh. Are you okay. Excuse me. “It’s over there.”

Meanwhile, Yoo Sae-ah and the rest of the group were worried about Kang In-ho as they watched him mumbling to himself.

She knew that she sometimes talked to herself due to the skill penalty, but this was the first time she spoke like this as if she were talking to someone.

This was all a misunderstanding that occurred because Kang In-ho had not yet told the other party members about Agaf’s existence.

Well, I didn’t really have the right time to say anything, and I didn’t know how to explain it. However, if we want to continue our journey together in the future, I need to let you know.

Of course, I have to do it after finding Kim Hyun-ah.

“Hyunya. “Hyunya?”

“Ugh.. Ah..”

Soon they found Hyuna Kim hidden in the bushes. Hyuna Kim woke up with a slightly dazed expression, with a lot of leaves stuck to her head.

“Uh huh..?”

Kim Hyun-ah was started by the fact that she suddenly fell in the middle of the forest and tried to scream loudly, but Kang In-ho quickly covered her mouth with his hand her her her her.

“Shh.”

“Eup.. Eup.”

Kim Hyun-ah looked quite embarrassed, perhaps because she did not have experience in a simple labyrinth. She was quite surprised when she suddenly blacked out and woke up in a place she had never seen before.

Still, Hyuna Kim had been in the infinite labyrinth for over a week, so she quickly grasped the situation and nodded.

With this, she gathered everyone.

“Whew. Fortunately, everyone nearby woke up.”

“I know. Thank goodness.”

Since we entered together, naturally, the spawn locations were all similar. However, she just dropped it slightly to prevent her body from overlapping and exploding during transmission.

Anyway, Kang In-ho continued to use presence detection to check whether a large creature was approaching and looked at his companions.

No one was injured or in bad condition. Yoo Sae-yeon seemed a little overly nervous as she was shaking slightly, but when her younger sister Yoo Sae-ah held her hand, she stopped shaking.

“Here for now..”

“It looks like the end of the forest.”

“I see. The starting point seems to be the end of the map. Because we have to go to the center…”

As Kang In-ho guessed, all those who entered this simple labyrinth were designed to wake up at the end of a different forest. All you have to do is move straight toward the direction considered to be the center of the forest. As long as I didn’t get lost, I could easily reach it within three days.

“Let’s see..”

Kang In-ho took out both a gate navigation compass and an ordinary compass just in case. He wondered if he could set a standard for direction.

“It doesn’t work.”

“Wow, look at the needle moving..”

A compass that spins and spins.

It was impossible to determine the direction with a compass. It’s a perfect structure to get lost in. That’s probably why they gave a period of as long as 5 days.

“First of all… I now know the general situation. Hey sister, for convenience, I’ll speak informally.”

“Yep. Good.”

“Hmm. Now, a few things to note: As we all confirmed before coming in, there are 1,500 people in here, and 1,350 of them will fail to escape and die. So, if we want to get out alive, we will often have to kill other people.”

“Tsk..”

“Yes.”

His companions nodded at Kang In-ho’s words.

Except for Baek Ah-yoon, who had no resistance to the murder, the other three people looked a little uncomfortable. This is strange because Baek Ah-yoon has no resistance to murder.

“Still, I will see to the end because I have to acquire skills anyway, but there is no way things will always turn out well, so everyone should prepare in advance. Because you can’t make a mistake at an important moment.”

In order to use spiritual and physical robbery, it was best for Kang In-ho to capture and kill them all. But I don’t know how things will turn out.

We could have encountered a major crisis, and a situation in which we had to commit murder could also have occurred.

“There will definitely be people who come in with guns, and children or the elderly may arouse sympathy and then attack. So, if you feel like you have to kill them, just do it boldly. Everyone understood, right? “Unnecessary sympathy leads to the death of colleagues and oneself.”

“Yes!”

“Yes..”

“Yes, yes..”

At Kang In-ho’s words, Yoo Sae-yeon and Kim Hyun-ah’s expressions became even darker. However, neither of them objected or said no.

Even though I knew it would happen, I followed along.

“Finally, let’s check everyone’s survival level and skills now.”

Kang In-ho recently heard that Yoo Sae-ah and Kim Hyun-ah’s survival level exceeded 10. However, I was so busy that I couldn’t check it properly, so I decided to quickly check it now and move on.

“First of all, Hyuna…”

[Increase in firepower (A)]

[Effect: Further strengthens elemental skills.]

[Penalty: The penalty for enhanced skills is further strengthened.]

Hyuna Kim gained one more skill this time that can strengthen her overall skills. Moreover, her Freeze Bullets her are level A and she can negate the penalty if she uses the skill with a baton, so in effect she can only enhance her firepower her.

“Saeah..”

[Internal air core method (A)]

[Effect: Through meditation, you can create dantian in your body and accumulate magical power. You can use the stored magic power.]

[Handicap: If your dantian becomes empty, you will experience anemia and dizziness.]

[Penalty: If you do not meditate for at least 1 hour a day, you will feel exhausted.]

The skill that Yoo Sae-ah broke through her survival level of 10 and newly awakened, Naegong Simbeop, was similar to Kang In-ho’s magic circuit, but the method of obtaining her magic power was different.

This is because, while the inner gongsim method was able to obtain magical power on its own through meditation, the magical power circuit could only be obtained by directly consuming magic stones.

Both had distinct pros and cons. The inner gongsim method was superior in that it could self-supply and demand without magic stones, but the magic circuit was superior in that it could quickly obtain magic power.

“Good. Confirmation is complete. Everyone got their weapons, right? Then let’s go.”

Soon Kang In-ho and his companions each carrying a weapon, headed deeper into the forest.

******

In a messy forest.

“There’s something up ahead.”

“Oh no, I guess they didn’t chase me..”

“Shh. “Shut up and duck quickly.”

“Tsk..”

Four men who were taking a break fell down in the bushes and hid themselves.

They were Grover with the Leather Gathering skill, Weber with the Quality Maintenance skill, Lewis with Presence Detection, and Janson with Strength Enhancement.

“I guess it’s not a monster or anything..”

“I don’t know. “I hope not.”

For reference, the four of them were the same age, 36 years old, and were all friends. They were also survivors from Finland, who entered the labyrinth to revive their dead colleague Eugene.

“It would be better if I were an animal…”

“So, that’s right. “I don’t want ghosts anymore..”

They encountered a monster in the forest an hour ago.

The monster’s normal attacks had no effect at all, and it even created a bizarre phenomenon in which the closer it got, the more it became delirious.

Fortunately, it wasn’t a real monster and they didn’t chase it, so they survived. Otherwise, all four of them would have died.

In any case, having experienced such a precious and horrifying experience, they had now completely lost their will to fight. But suddenly something appeared in front of me and I couldn’t help but be scared.

“Uh… It stopped on the way.”

“What?”

“I wonder if they sensed us over there too..”

“Shall I shoot..?”

“No, didn’t you hear the gunshot earlier and see the animals coming? Let’s wait for now.. I might just pass by.”

“I see..:”

At that time, sweat beaded on the forehead of Lewis, who was activating presence detection.

“Hey, one just disappeared.”

“W-what? How many people were there in total?”

“There were five of us… But now there are four…”

“This..! Get up and run aaaaahhhhh…”

A sword came out of Grover’s mouth as he quickly got up and tried to run away when he heard that one of the enemies had suddenly disappeared.

-Pusususut..!!!

“Oh my!!!!”

“Hey..!!!”

“Grover…!!”

The three Finns trembled as they saw the gunman standing behind their comrade whose neck had been pierced, glaring at them.

The gunman was holding the sword that stabbed Grover in the back of the neck with his right hand, and was aiming at them with his left hand.

They couldn’t move even though Grover’s blood was splattered on their faces.

If you move, you will die immediately.

Kang In-ho’s surprise attack was very successful, and the Finns were caught up and subdued without even having a chance to do anything.

“Ugh…”

If you move, they’ll shoot right away. Lewis thought they should try talking. Maybe they will save your life.

The dead Grover can be revived with the Resurrection Stone fragments that you will receive as a reward. So, he had to escape from the being that was standing in front of him right now, whether it was a monster or a person.

“Drop gun.”

At that time, the man hiding behind Grover’s body spoke in broken English and told him to throw away his gun.

In response, Weber, who was holding Tokarev, and Lewis, who was holding a Colt revolver, roughly threw his gun on the ground and raised both hands.

Jansen, who was holding a Western-style double-edged sword, also threw away his sword and raised his hand.

Lewis, who thought that the conversation would work since he had expressed his intention to surrender first, spoke while keeping his voice calm as if he was trying to calm his opponent down as much as possible.

“Hey, hey. I’m not sure if you understand what I’m saying, but… Let’s have a conversation!!!!!!”

There’s no way conversation would work.

Baek Ah-yoon approached before he knew it and rammed an ax into Lewis’s back.

Sae-ah Yoo came up behind him and stabbed Weber in the back with a knife and pushed him down, and Hyun-ah Kim and Sae-yeon Yoo hit the back of Janson’s head with a hammer as he tried to scream.

“Sister, stop. Then I will die.”

“Ahh.. Yes..”

“I’ll kill you because your skills are good.”

“Ha. Ha. Haa.. Huh.. Yes.. Haa..”

“Sister, are you okay?”

“Uh. Huh. Yes. Okay, it’s okay. Phew… It’s because it’s my first time. Because it’s my first time…”

Yoo Sae-yeon, who first participated in her murder, gasped for her breath, and then her Yoo Sae-ah calmed her down.

Meanwhile, Kang In-ho cut off the lives of Weber and Lewis, who were about to die, with his own hands his, and then disposed of the last remaining person, Jansen.

“Sweet… Ah. This is not it. Everyone worked hard.”

“Oppa, didn’t you just say it was sweet?”

“Oh, no. “I must pray for your soul to rest in peace..”

“Are you acting pretentious in front of Saeyeon? “Why is your reaction different from mine?”

“Hey! Baek A-yoon.”

Hehe.”

Baek Ah-yoon lightly dodged Kang In-ho’s honey chestnuts and laughed playfully.

In response, Kang In-ho frowned at her and comforted Kim Hyun-ah and Yoo Sae-yeon, who were slightly overwhelmed by their first murder of her.

Yes, the raid on the Forest of Fallen is just the beginning.

How many people will die at their hands?

I don’t know.

But I think we can easily break through at least double digits.

‘Maintaining quality, detecting presence… And what is leather gathering? Hey, Forest of Fallen.. It’s amazing..’

Meanwhile, Kang In-ho was thinking that skill farming was a waste of time due to the existence of skill pockets (survivors) scattered throughout the forest.

To him, the forest infested with stragglers was nothing more or less than a skill farming area.