Chapter 209 – 209. Can We Meet?

Jo Jun subdued all parasitic humans.

There were still some guys hiding in the Crimson Zone, but they were being searched for by the Mushroom People and the Parasitic Trees. Maybe even those who hid will be able to subjugate them all.

What was more important now was not parasitic humans.

‘I heard that the jet-black wheel… Has been strengthened…’

Joon looked at the jet-black wheel that came closer to him and wiggled its antennae. Something… The appearance has become sharper. The appearance that seemed to have been made more terrible by enlarging the house wheel hundreds of times has become more cool…

‘Appearance… Disqualified…’

I still didn’t like the way he looked, because I still didn’t want to get close to him. However, I really liked the effect of the enhanced pitch-black wheel.

‘The baby’s maintenance time was up to 3 hours… But the limit has disappeared.’

First of all, the biggest change was that the survivable time of the baby wheels was increased to infinity. Now, they could continue to survive without dying unless the Black Wheel died and was unsummoned.

In addition, the jet black wheel’s survivability has increased and its combat ability has also increased slightly.

‘If we continue to multiply the chicks… If the jet-black wheel survives, the number will increase even more as long as it survives… It might cover Korea..’

However, it looked like it needed to be managed because it would starve to death if there was no food, but it didn’t matter much to aim. Because human corpses are scattered everywhere.

Jo Joon, who even checked the pitch-black wheel, began to think about how to operate the hell.

‘As time flies so quickly, the number of Mushroom Men, Parasitic Trees, and Jet Black Wheels can increase exponentially here. If we can stably increase the number of parasitic humans, who are the lowest class, and domesticate them… We can create an army of one million.’

Jo Joon thought that he could quickly increase his troops if he used the hell well.

As far as I can see, the parasitic humans born in Hell had a much shorter pregnancy and childbirth than humans. It seemed that the lifespan was so short, but that didn’t matter too much. From Jo Joon’s point of view, the parasitic humans were like plankton at the bottom of the food chain.

‘But one minute equals one hour here, so if Nick came in here… The seal would be broken in six days in real time.’

After spending a week outside, it was as if a year had passed inside. If Nick, who had been unable to move for 10,000 hours due to Manti’s kiss, was also put inside, the seal would be broken in 6 days in real time.

‘It’s best to kill him before he wakes up…’

Jo Joon didn’t know that he was already awake and wandering around. Ella, Bella and Helen didn’t know that either. That’s because right before the entrance to Hell opened, the good gods burned Manti’s Book and woke Nick up.

In fact, the good gods waited until the entrance to the abyss opened under the pretext that the seal could be released quickly when using the abyss, and then unsealed Nicholas at a very low cost.

Because it costs much less to make the possible happen a little earlier than to make the impossible possible. In the first place, the good gods were half-turned on a human named Nick.

‘By the way… If I create the right environment here, I think I’ll be able to do farming…’

Since time flies many times faster, it seemed that if we planted crops here, we would be able to harvest in about a week in real time.

Of course, there was no need to worry about food because of the Plant Farmer and Druid, but I thought it would be better if I could use it usefully than just neglecting the hell.

‘If we bring the eternal sacrificial dragon here and slaughter it to parasitic humans, wouldn’t it be possible to get several hundred servings of meat in an hour? Even if you raise livestock… I think you can make a lot of money. Of course, those who will crawl here and raise livestock will grow old quickly here, but it’s none of my business whether or not the slaves grow old.’

Thinking that perhaps all the kids from the base could be put here and turned into adults made Jo Joon excited.

It was a story about an insectivore that idles around and eats, and if you put them in a hole, they will come out as adults in a few months.

He was delighted at the thought of using Narak and approached the seeker.

All parasitic humans in the room had already been kicked out.

“Hello.”

[You’re here. Apostle of Disaster.]

Just in case Jo Joon left Lee Eun-ji and Ganghwa-yeong waiting at the entrance of the room, then approached the investigator alone and talked to them. Then, the Seeker of Hell stopped praying and looked up at Jo Joon as if he had been waiting.

[They must have come in to find the fallen angel.]

Jo Jun shook his head at the word that the seeker of hell mentioned that he was an angel.

He had only heard that Indicron had an assistant, but he had not heard of its identity.

“Uh… That seems right.”

In response to Jo Joon’s answer, the investigator moved his hand around and spoke again to Jo Joon.

[He is sealed in the center of the macula. He exhaled a terrible poison. I will help you get there.]

The location of the place to go, the means to survive in the macula, and even the tools to break the seal of the sealed person.

The Seeker of Hell took out three things.

[I will not accept the price. The disaster gods have already paid the price. However, the center of the macula will have to be entered by you alone.]

Aim Joon looked at the investigator as if he was talking nonsense.

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A base camp located at the exit of the trapped nest.

Numerous people gathered under the protection of the saintess and priests to heal their wounds. All of them had faces that seemed to be struggling, but that didn’t mean they were completely despairing and gave up hope.

A strange heat, excitement, and desire were expressed in them. The reason doesn’t matter. It was because Michael finally figured out the strategy, and as a result of the saintess and the priests thoroughly using purification skills, they were able to turn the entrance and exit of the pit into a safe zone.

Dominated a certain area. With that alone, people believed that they could attack Hell. Everyone was encouraged to think that maybe they could rule this place and make it a new paradise.

Of course, Michael, who gave hope to everyone, was still not very bright.

“Ericsson, how many people died today.”

“Twenty-three.”

“Ha…”

About 5 days have passed since they came here. In reality, 120 minutes or 2 hours would have passed. During that time, about seventy people died and thirty escaped with serious injuries.

To be honest, if you look only at the dead or injured, the damage was enormous. Nearly 200 people entered and 100 died or were disabled, so the invasion of the Maw was practically a failure.

“Michael… Are you okay with this? No matter how much we figure out how to attack this area… In order to recover Nick’s memories, we have to leave this place after all. Out there, you have to face a new threat. Are you still going to force a sacrifice like this?”

At Ericsson’s question, Michael closed his eyes for a moment. As Ericsson said, many of the people who led the survivor camp died.

The death of Antonio, the heretic inquisitor, as well as Oliver, who had been with him since the beginning of the disaster, were a great shock to Michael. Of course, since most of them were non-hidden classes, it was unreasonable to say that it was a huge damage.

“Ericson, you might be right. To be honest, I never thought I would die this much.. But we got more than that.”

“What did you mean?”

“Hour.”

“Yes?”

“As you can see… Time passes faster inside here than outside.”

“So what?”

“If you use this well… You can reap huge profits.”

“Here… Isn’t that what you mean by occupying and colonizing it? Is that… Possible?”

“Possible. And Ericsson, think about it. You’re stuck right now because you’re terrified of this place. See, a minute in real life is an hour here. As for farming… You can harvest in a matter of days. How big of a deal that is… Even if you’re not a brilliant white man like me, you can easily see it.”

“Hmm… It must be a solution to the food shortage. Assuming things work out as you say.”

“That’s right. We might be able to feed thousands of mouths. You no longer have to force people to make useless sacrifices. You don’t have to make the mistake of leaving the camp to get food when you know you’re going to die. This is… A revolution.”

It would be perfect if we could generate electricity through generators brought from reality and those with electricity-related skills, and supply horticultural lights, water, and soil to make light.

I had no intention of growing anything special. I could have just planted potatoes. There are about 5 Awakeners of the Farmer class, so it would be perfect to put them into the abyss in rotation.

“We must obtain the Maw not only to recover Nick’s memories, but also to survive in the future.”

That was Michael’s current thought.

Erickson, who could not abandon the idea that Hell was dangerous, could not openly agree with his words, but admitted that maybe he could get his hands on a solution to the persistent food shortage problem here.

There is no shortage of food in America. Food is scarce in the places where they are settled. It was a problem that arose when the number of survivors numbered in the thousands.

Since they could not leave for another place as if they were undergoing a great national migration, they were isolated in one area and quickly exhausted the daily necessities and food there.

However, it was not possible to go to farmland as if crossing the continent. Therefore, the Awakeners went out to explore other areas, but there were too many Awakeners who were lost at this time. Most died or were hunted by others. Michael didn’t like this. However, they did not have the ability to hold out until the crops they had planted were fully grown.

“So it’s a change of plan. Cultist search is temporarily suspended. I’m sorry for Roy, but you don’t have to fight them. It’s better to just get what we need right now and leave it out.”

Feeling that Hell itself might be more important than Nick’s memories, Michael changed his original plan.

‘The trapped nest is a natural fortress… It’s much better to conserve strength while preventing invasion from outside than fighting cultists for no reason.’

As a result of checking with the great sage’s skill, Michael could see that the space they had fallen from was completely blocked. Moreover, Michael, who even found out that the name of this place was a trapped nest, thought that it might be better for him not to go outside.

They did not know that if they ventured out of their confined nest, threats from the outside might find their way inside, or that they would wage war against the cultists who would surely be looking for them.

“To get out of here, you have to forcibly break through the wall or go through the room with the blue spiny giants to open the entrance. They won’t be able to get in easily either.”

“So you’re dumping Nick? The sacrifice of a cow for the sake of the great… That’s what you always said. They are merciless even to the boss.”

At Erickson’s words, Michael shook his head. He intended to both fortify the trapped nest and rescue Nick. With minimal sacrifice. For truly dramatic gains.

“No. That’s not it. Nick’s memories must be retrieved as well. Retrieve his memory and recall the conditions for liberating the holy sword. If you’re not going to get your memories back, they’d rather kill Nick.. That’s not possible.”

Nick’s three treasured swords.

One of them is the holy sword. The important thing is that only Nick knows the starting language to draw the holy sword. Because he lost his memory, he couldn’t draw the holy sword.

In a word, Nick, the Holy Sword Stand, could be said to have lost that ability. Therefore, the good gods gave a revelation to kill Nick if it seems that he will not be able to recover his memories. Only then will the position of Savior fly again.

In the beginning, since the good gods put so much effort and poured out the law of causality, if Nicholas had not been given this opportunity, Nick might have been accused of heresy and killed right away.

“For now, let’s go in the direction of going out with a few people to attack the Fountain of Wisdom, and clearing the place for the rest.”

“How many people..?”

“Only the best, including me and the saintess, as well as Nick, who has to drink the fountain of wisdom, break through the walls of the confined nest and go out. In the meantime, I ask you to lead this place.”

“Yes? You’re leaving me… Here?”

“Yeah.. You’re trustworthy unlike the other blacks I’ve seen.”

“It’s like… It’s like saying that all black people are discredited.”

Michael, naturally racially discriminating, called the praying saint and warrior party.

‘As covertly as possible… I only need to kill the Headless Butcher…’

They began to break down the walls of the caged nest.

To get to the place where Henry’s torso would be rampaging.

They probably went crazy and didn’t know.

The fact that Jo Joon is coming there with a large army.