Chapter 294 – 294. Nicholas Wants to Be Strong

In the middle of Place de la Concorde in Paris, France, numerous bones and corpses of dead Awakeners were scattered.

You can also see the collapsed ghost gate and the survivors breathing around it.

They attacked the 10th ghost gate today. Also, I finally reached level 20. On the fourth day after Jang Jo-Jun entered the Infernal Hell, he finally obtained permission to enter the Infernal Hell.

“Good job, Nicholas.”

A witch wearing a wide-brimmed hat approached Nicholas, who was sitting in front of a broken fountain.

She is Sarlotte, the head of Paris and the archmage. She was a new colleague and a player belonging to Manguiden, who assisted Nicholas in place of the dead great sage and helped him grow.

“Uh.. You did a good job too.”

Looking up at Charlotte, who seemed unconcerned, Nicholas answered Charlotte’s words with a tired voice.

He forcibly removed his eyes from the corpses of his dead comrades. You have to watch, because they don’t come back.

Instead, he looked up at the black night sky. Full of stars It seemed as if the number of dead people had risen as many stars.

“Okay then, since you’ve rested enough, get up now. There is no more time to sit back and relax.”

“Yes, I understand.”

At Charlotte’s urging words, Nicholas struggled to get up from his seat. After his defeat in the Maw, he was tortured day and night by the good gods and was undergoing rigorous training.

Losing his memory, he regained his lost skills and was spending his days trying to get revenge on the apostle of Manma War.

“Didn’t I tell you the other day that the cultist Jang went into Mugan Hell?”

“Huh. I heard Did you go in last Friday?”

“That’s right. We only reached level 20 today… He went into Infernal Hell 4 days early. I don’t know what the hell that person is doing.. I don’t know if he’s sleeping properly.”

At Charlotte’s words, Nicholas silently nodded. The gap that had opened before he knew it had grown so big that he couldn’t bridge it, and he wondered if he couldn’t catch up no matter how hard he tried.

Nicholas was in a bit of despair. The occasional news of Jang Jo-joon drove him to the brink.

No matter how hard I try, no matter how much I roll, the gap with him cannot be narrowed. When he heard that he was going to swallow half of the black market, he wanted to stop crying.

It was hard to believe, but on the other hand, I was convinced that the news that I had swallowed the survivors’ camp in the eastern United States following Hell, and now that I had reached the neutral zone.

‘A thorough-minded man… Can I kill him?’

Nicholas wiped the blood and sweat from his forehead. No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think I can win. Not only his army, but even the human named Jang Jo-joon came to Nick as a big wall at some point.

“Hey, Nick. Are you listening to me?”

“Uh? Oh sorry. Think about it for a while…”

“Whoa… Nick. Keep your mind straight.”

“Sorry..”

“If you’re so lost, what are the people who are pinning their hopes on you?”

“Sorry..”

Nick apologized to Charlotte over and over again. The oppressive Charlotte always urged and urged Nicholas. She was strict with Nicholas. She’s like she’s strict with herself.

“Anyway, the update will start again next week. According to the information, the ego of the evolutionary objects is established with the new update and the corps are built. Also, there will be a little more ear gates.”

“Huh. Ears..”

“We need to make more people level 20 and take them to the Inferno. There is a 99.9% chance that the apostle who has been fighting all kinds of battles over the past four days has made hell more hellish.. You should go in fully prepared.”

“Yes..”

They knew quite a bit about Jang Jo-jun. It was the information handed over by Bister, the god of wisdom, one of the three gods of the pantheon.

Bister, the antagonist of Botamilli, the god of the void, was currently confined. As the god of emptiness was resurrected, Jang Jo-jun’s appearance became virtually impossible to directly observe, and he was only guessing from the flowing line of causality.

And even that, due to Sataniel’s trap, some misinformation and missing information were mixed in, causing trouble.

Through the authority possessed by Gemana Bister, we were able to grasp Jang Jo-joon’s achievement records, so we were able to guess Jang Jo-joon’s approximate location and actions.

Because it was the power of Bister, the god of wisdom, to be able to sneak a peek at the knowledge of the universe. In any case, in the end, most of the information Vister gave to Nick and his party were guesses that were close to the correct answer.

“Then, for now… Can we go into the Infernal Hell right now?”

“No. Nick, you are still weaker than the angel of ten thousand battles.”

“Ah.. That’s right..”

“Yes. It’s an obvious fact. What’s more, the apostle of the ten thousand battles has already escaped the human half.”-

“Are you halfway out of a human?”

“Yes, it seems that they picked up and ate the dragons that invaded the black market. According to the information, some stats exceeded 200.”

“Break through two hundred..? The human limit is two hundred…”

“It means that you are already half-human. According to the information I’ve heard, it’s like a half-man reflection.”

“You’re talking about a snake man..”

Nick was still human. That’s why all his stats except for magic power were stopped at 200.

“Should I get away from being human too..”

“So I prepared.”

Charlotte pulled out a small leaf.

“This…”

“It’s an invitation to Mangwijeon. It is the leaf of the world tree. Go there and break through human limitations.”

“Infernal Hell is…”

“The difficulty must have already been made ridiculously high. If you go in now, it’s already too late. So, I’d rather be more prepared. You can’t win by just following them forever. Overtaking is the goal this time.”

“Overtake…”

“Yes. For that, we also prepared a ten thousand battle-style ordeal.”

“You mean the ordeal?”

“Yes. As a result of the investigation, the cultists were always thrown into crisis situations and became stronger by gaining the causal rate by surviving. It must have been due to some kind of luck. It is said that it is the luck value set by the owner of the void to grow in that way in the first place.”

“Six hundred and sixty-six…”

“However, you were born with 777 luck. It’s innate luck. No matter what you do, there will be beneficial results. Unless you run into 666.”

“Uh.. So what are you going to do in the end?”

“Simply put, the cultists of 666 have gained enormous power due to the immutable cosmic law of high risk, high return… So we decided to throw you into a crisis situation as well.”

“Throw me into a crisis situation..?”

“Yes. No matter what you do, if it’s your 777 that returns to a situation where it’s unconditionally profitable… I’ve calculated that it will gain more power in extreme crisis situations as long as you don’t run into the opponent 666.”

“Hey, wait a minute…! Whose calculation is that…”

“It’s the result of the giant’s big brain. Roll over There is no other way to follow the cultist. If you want to rub against a cultist, you’ll have to roll around like a dog.”

Nick didn’t like it when he said “Roll like a dog”, But he couldn’t help it. Because he had to make a big decision to catch up with the one that was ahead.

“Okay… Let’s do that…”

“Then I wish you no luck.”

Nicholas grabbed the leaf that Charlotte had given him.

In an instant, his body disappeared as if sucked into a vortex.

“Then… I’ll have to go see Kwon Seong.”

Charlotte moved. He had to recruit a new warrior party.

******

“Aww…”

The place where Nicholas came to his senses again was a pitch-black space. A pitch-black space where nothing can be seen and no sound can be heard. Alone in it, Nicholas looked around him, waiting for someone to approach.

Soon a voice was heard along with the chuckles of popularity.

“It is you. A stupid loser.”

I heard voices, but I couldn’t see any form. Nicholas frowned at the heavy male voice.

Since I couldn’t see the other person, I couldn’t tell what they looked like, and I couldn’t tell their location because their voices came from all directions as if they were echoing in a cave.

“Don’t try to find us. You are still not enough to face us.”

Nick opened his mouth to answer. However, he was unable to speak. Only then did he realize that he could neither walk nor move properly.

“The time given to you is 10 years. In it you must come out of this darkness. This is the first ordeal.”

Nicholas thought. If I spend ten years here, everything will be over already. Then the mysterious voice laughed and said.

“Time passes differently here. Time passes faster than Hell. This is… Your mental world.”

Mental world.

Nicholas is trapped in his own mind. And it was the memories of those who were sealed in the holy sword that spoke to him.

“Wake up. If you don’t wake up within the given 10 years, you’re done. The time given is 10 years. If you don’t wake up in it, your self-consciousness will start to crumble. 10 years. If you fail, you will never be able to enter the path of transcendence again.”

Unable to see, touch, or move properly, Nicholas focused only on hearing.

Soon, a male voice made a last request.

“Do not exceed 10 years.”

Soon everything was gone.

Nicholas struggled. To break free from the bondage of the mind.

And now, Nicholas’ body was entangled in the roots of the World Tree.

While he was trapped in his mind and flustered, his body slowly changed.

Into something non-human.