Chapter 227 – #64. A and B (2).

#64. A and B.

─ Welcome, players.

Floor 0, the square of the tutorial.
A fairy waved her wings in greeting.
Its translucent wings scattered light powder like a fairy, and its unique liveliness attracted people’s attention.

Dahee Yoo was summoned to the ‘Tower of Struggle’.
I don’t remember what I was doing.
When I opened my eyes, I was in an unfamiliar space with strangers.

‘What?’

Wasn’t human
From Ju Da-hee’s point of view, there were also non-human monsters in this plaza.
Maybe I should run away right now.
Before I could even think of that, the story had progressed.

The fairy drew people’s attention.

─ Players. This is the ‘Tower of Struggle’. You, who have been selected as players, must survive while climbing the ‘Tower of Struggle’.

The fairy slowly explained.
He told me about the current situation and the phenomenon that Dahee Yu was experiencing.

But I can’t understand
It was close to impossible to immediately understand the bizarre phenomenon beyond the scope of human cognition.

‘Ah…’

My head was throbbing and it hurt.
A tingling pain passed through his body, as if an electric current was passing through him.

─ If I just tell you to go up, you won’t go up, right? Because living things need a driving force and motivation to do something.

The fairy smiled brightly.

─ ‘Wish’ will be granted to players who reach the end of the ‘Tower of Struggle’. I can listen to anything. You can request more than you think. It’s your right to reach the end.

People standing in the square groaned.
Everyone shuddered and felt uneasy.
No one understood this situation.

“Tower? Fight? You don’t need all of those things. Return me to the battlefield immediately! God of battle, Warron calls me!”
─ From the moment you are summoned here, you cannot return to the original dimension. If you want to go back, you just have to reach the end of the ‘tower’.
“Sounds funny!”

The green-skinned monster shouted at the fairy.
A completely different language came out of his mouth, but Yoo Da-hee could understand it.
It was interpreted automatically and stuck in my head.

Kwajik-!
“Huh… !”

The monster’s head exploded.
Like a balloon pierced by a thumbtack, it exploded in vain.
For a moment, Dahee Yoo forgot how to breathe.
The frightened lungs were not functioning properly.

“Heo-eok, hee-up… !”
“Quaaaaa!”

Various reactions emerged.
Some screamed, others covered their mouths.
I turned my eyes away from the ghastly corpse and closed my eyes.
No one stood up to the fairy.
Couldn’t jump

─ Players. I won’t talk too much.

The fairy called Yu Da-hee and other people players.
It gave us the information we needed to survive as a player.

Dahee Yu put that information into her head as much as possible.
I didn’t want to die yet, so I tried to keep my cool.

─ ‘Tower of Struggle’, there is only one thing we want from players on the 0th floor. Survive and defeat the field boss. Any means and methods are acceptable.

The fairy finished his words and disappeared.
She left without regret, as if to take care of herself from now on.

It was more devastating than falling naked on an uninhabited island.
Dahee Yoo tried to hide her uneasy eyes and looked around her.

“Ah!”

A familiar outfit appeared.
The Republic of Korea Army, for some reason, it was nice to see you.

After various processes, Korean national players gathered in one place.
Eight people in total.
It was an unfamiliar space, but I felt relieved.

Yu Da-hee and the others moved slowly.
After wasting time in the Colosseum Square, he followed the other players outside.
Each of them chose a weapon and looked around the city.
I’ve never been to Europe, but I thought it would be like this.

“How about going outside?”

Jinwoo Kim is a sergeant in the Republic of Korea Army.
It was the same day he completed his discharge report, so he was still a soldier.
From Yu Da-hee’s point of view, he seemed to feel responsible in this situation.
He made a decision as if tossing it, and led the party.

It was not revealed superficially.
How about trying this?
The decision-making power was left to the party.
That’s what Dahee Yu felt.

Da-Hee Yoo and the others went out of the city.
The air changed in an instant.
I missed a city with a cozy atmosphere.

Gulp-.

But I couldn’t back off.
Humans are weeded out the moment they stop developing.
The fact that they were lagging behind others gave them courage.

Deadman appeared.
It was a zombie that you would only see in a movie, a more ordinary monster.
Kim Jin-woo was the first to step forward with courage.

“They look like no big deal.”

He dragged the party as if anyone could do it.
Dahee Yoo and his party hunted Deadman step by step and obtained something called a coin.
The currency to be used in the ‘Tower of Struggle’.
Everyone worked hard to get coins.
A fairly uneventful hunt ensued.

Before the sun goes down, Dahee Yoo and her party return to the tutorial village.

“How about a drink to commemorate?”

Instead of Kim Jin-woo, a man who was faithful to his role as a leader suggested it.
I don’t know how long we’ll be together, but let’s have a place to celebrate surviving.

Dahee Yu thought it was not bad.
Even if other men’s eyes were unpleasant, it was tolerable.
At least, we had a dinner at an inn that looked decent.
Most of the inns had a bar and a restaurant, so I didn’t have to wander outside.

‘…’

The atmosphere was good.
I was summoned to a strange space called the ‘Tower of Struggle’, and I got to fight a corpse-like Deadman.
I was able to get away from the terrible situation for a while.

‘Kim Jin-woo…’

Had a conversation
There were a lot of things I could communicate with Jinwoo Kim.
To the point of being creepy, he got along well with Kim Jin-woo.

A very old friend, a well-matched lover, and a parent who raised me since childhood.
More than that, it was close and friendly.

‘Strange.’

It seemed that Yoo Da-hee was thoroughly monitored and investigated.
His gaze was so familiar that he seemed to have been watching him for a long time.
Yoo Da-hee is Kim Jin-woo’s first acquaintance.

But it wasn’t unpleasant.

The next day, Dahee Yoo and her group headed out again.
The hunt never stopped.
I desperately felt the need for coin.
I thought I made a lot, but the price was surprisingly expensive.
Even a normal life would be impossible without a day off.

Dahee Yoo and the others moved.
Deadman is smashed.
Coins rained down.
The atmosphere of the group was friendly.
There was no blockage.

On that day, the hunt went smoothly.
I collected enough coins to take a day off.
Yu Da-hee clenched his fists tightly.
I felt like I was adjusting to the ‘Tower of Struggle’ and something was going on.

The next day, Dahee Yoo and her party went out to the North Gate.
Hunting was so easy.
Deadman was no longer feared.

“Shall we go deeper?”

A proposal with the same nuance as usual.
However, another man suggested it.
Jinwoo Kim kept his mouth shut.
A look of uneasiness was evident.

“It’s better not to overdo it…”
“Deadman is easy even if there are dozens of them. We need to take it to the next level.”

For some reason, the leader’s voice grew louder.
His confidence was overblown.
Everyone was like that.
I did not object to the leader’s opinion.

“… What are you going to do?”

Dahee Yoo asked Jinwoo Kim.
The agreement had already ended with adding more atmosphere, but I was curious about Kim Jin-woo’s opinion.

“I can’t help it.”

Kim Jin-woo followed the majority’s opinion.
In the novel, he was conceited despite knowing that the Korean party was dying.

Could he be the main character?
Based on the sense of smell sensitive to crisis and novel information, wouldn’t it be enough to do it?

It was not very different from others.
Dahee Yoo nodded after hearing Kim Jinwoo’s words.

And a problem arose.

“Quaaaaagh!”

The enhanced Deadman was completely different from what they expected.
It was a much stronger monster than the normal Deadman.

Collapsed one by one.
Normal Deadmen came incessantly, and reinforced Deadmen pressured the players.

‘Ah…’

In a situation where death was right around the corner, Dahee Yoo felt rather comfortable.
Yes this is a dream
Seeing the group whose head was smashed by Deadman, he denied the reality.

It was then.

“Yoo Da-hee!”

A voice like thunder was heard.
Kim Jin-woo struggled to wield his shield and glared at Yu Da-hee.
He shook off the deadmen surrounding him and came to Dahee Yoo.
Kim Jin-woo’s combat uniform was already torn in places.

“No, help me!”

One more person died at the hands of the enhanced Deadman.
Among the dead men who were easy to see, the variants were just mixed.
Da-hee Yoo and her party were forced to wait for her death.

“…”

Jinwoo Kim closed his eyes tightly.
What the hell are you thinking?
Dahee Yoo suddenly became curious about Jinwoo Kim.

“… Run away.”
“Yeah?”

Kim Jin-woo and Yu Da-hee did not stop talking.
However, in a situation where the two judges were against each other, Kim Jin-woo’s words became shorter.
It was delivered more clearly than any other words.

“Bounce while I’m blocking the variant.”
“Why?”

Dahee Yoo’s question contained numerous questions.
The biggest of which is

‘Why are you sacrificing?’

It was a question about Kim Jin-woo’s actions.

Jinwoo Kim paused for a moment.
It seemed that he was trying to find an answer to Yoo Da-hee’s question.

“… That, I don’t know.”

Jinwoo Kim could not explain.
It was impossible to read the detailed story despite the pressure.

What will happen to this world when Dahee Yoo dies?
Do you have the main character’s ability?

“Run!”

Are you certain that Dahee Yoo has the ability to return by death?
I don’t know anything, but Jinwoo Kim did what he could.

For Yu Da-hee, a regressor in the novel who has made it possible for her to survive the last 10 years.

Dahee Yu hesitated.
Is it right for her to run away alone?
I think we’d better fight together.

However, winning seemed impossible.
The enhanced Deadman easily tore off Kim Jin-woo’s shield.

“Run away… !”

Kim Jin-woo shouts loudly while competing with the strengthened Deadman.
Dahee Yoo, unable to look at him, lowered her head.
He turned away belatedly, but his expression was imprinted in Yu Da-hee’s head.
Flickered before her eyes.

I turned around.
He swung his sword in the direction where Deadman was the least.
Passed through

Numerous dead men stretched out their arms toward Yu Da-hee.
He clawed it here and there with her sharp claws.
Blood began to flow.
I didn’t feel any pain.

It’s a clichéd ending, but only Kim Jin-woo’s face remains clear.

How long has it been since we met
I’m not even going to make a sacrifice.
Dahee Yoo thought Jinwoo Kim was a foolish man.

“Haha. Ha…”

Have you ever run with all your might like this in your entire life?
Dahee Yoo let out a heavy breath.
Unfortunately for her, she didn’t last long.

Quick-!

Someone slapped her exhausted Yu Da-hee.
They were greenskins who only enjoyed PKing.
Her blunt weapon struck Yu Da-hee on the head, and Yoo Da-hee, who was not prepared for it, died instantly.

[‘Return by Death’ is activated.]
[Acquire ‘Blessing of Nullification of Pain’.]

At the same time as the heavy pain, I opened my eyes in the tutorial square.
The fairy greeted her by flapping her wings.

─ Welcome, players.

* * *

Dahee Yoo could not hold on to Jinwoo Kim.
She met the disappointed look in her eyes, and her body didn’t move.
It was colder and colder than I could have imagined, the gaze I wanted to avoid.

‘Ahhh… Do not go… !’

Kim Jin-woo turned his back without regret.
There are so many things I want to say, but the words are caught at the tip of my chin.
I couldn’t say anything to that cruel look.

It’s so hard to breathe.
It feels like a sharp knife piercing your body.

What happened to the protection of the nullification of pain?
Why won’t you take this pain away?

No no…

Legs were weak.
I sat down and forced myself to swallow the sad cry.

She knew too well what she had done wrong, so she couldn’t even cry in peace.
I was afraid that Kim Jin-woo would hate it, that he would look at me with disgust.

Still, I persevered.
Dragging his trembling legs, he followed Kim Jin-woo.

“Hey Jinwoo…”
“…”

Yu Da-hee struggled to hold Kim Jin-woo’s hand.
Kim Jin-woo cut off Yu Da-hee’s hand and looked down at Yu Da-hee with cold eyes.

“…”

Dahee Yu held back the tears that were about to burst out.
What should I say to erase the wounds I gave to Jin-Woo?
In her head, she sorted out her jumbled words.

However.

“Black…”

Tears flowed from the reddened eyes.

“My wife… I am a missing wife, Jinu…”

The words I had put together didn’t come out of my mouth.
Like her idiot, Dahee Yoo only repeated her sorry words.