Chapter 53 – #17. Rumor (2).

#17. Rumor.

‘First City’ greeted us with a humble appearance compared to its name.

“Isn’t that what it is? Pit house. It’s a house…”

Dahee Yoo, who is basically receiving higher education, muttered in disbelief with her eyes.

Pit house.
Yes, it is a pit house.

As far as I know, the structure here is surprisingly simple.
It feels like dozens of dugout houses of about 6 pyeong are spread out at regular intervals.
The front and back of the dugout, the left and right of the dugout, they all look exactly the same.
The point is that the size is slightly different.

Among these, the largest pit house is a store where goods from the upper floors are displayed.
As far as I know, there’s a ‘Space Expansion’ magic on it, so I remember it being wider than it looks.

“Wow, what is that again?”

Should I call it a central square between large and small dugouts?
In the empty space where there was nothing, only one large gate was shining.

The only players using this ‘teleport gate’ would be the players who came to the academy to scout newbies.
The first floor had no significant value, so there was no reason to come down.

—
[This is a safe area.]
[PK action is impossible.]
—

As soon as I entered ‘First City’, a message came to my mind.
Unlike the academy, this is definitely a safe place.

“Is this place funny? Ha ha, of course that would be funny. Why? I was funny too Aren’t you laughing at me? That person is ill sickness of the heart.”
“Are they newcomers who just came out of the academy? Welcome! Came to this fucking hell!”
“Oops,hee hee! Kahhehehehehehehe!”
“…”

The players who found us greeted us enthusiastically.
Everyone’s expression was not serious.
As if a corner of my heart was broken, there was a taste.
They were slowly going mad.

Isolated in this place full of outdated facilities, the thought of not being able to escape drove people crazy.
I thought I would go crazy just for the military, but if I had to spend several years in a place that was more backward than the one I spent 1 year and 6 months…
I don’t even want to imagine.

“First of all, from the dorm…”

Yu Da-hee couldn’t finish her words.
It’s called a house.
I tried to find the difference, but there was no answer as they all looked like the same dugouts.

Reality was more brutal than fiction.
Still, if you pour coins into it, you’ll be able to live comfortably.
Buy a dugout and live there for fun.

In the novel, Dahee Yoo endured like that.
Tears came to my eyes because I thought of Dahee Yoo, whom I liked because I bought a bed.

I wiped my eyes with my sleeve and followed them.

“The inn… Won’t it?”

All you see around you is a pit house.
Motel?
There is no such thing.

“This. If you touch the pit house sign, the system pops up?”

Instead, an automated system is in place.

—
[Dug house]
Scale ─ Small
1 day ─ 10,000 coins
10 days ─ 90,000 coins
30 days ─ 250,000 coins
—

You have to pay coins to use the dugout.
The system only accepts coins, and does not care how many people use the dugout.

“Dahee! What is written on the sign here? The system… Aren’t you open?”

Elisha wandered here and there between the huts, touching the signs.

The letters written on the sign are someone’s name.
You can check who the owner of the dugout is by looking at the sign on the dugout.

I checked the sign hanging on a dugout of about 6 pyeong.
Shit, the names of five people are engraved on it.
This means, in other words, that the five of us shared coins.
To save on lodging costs, they go in and sleep like crumpling each other.

Faced with this cruel reality, So Da-hee (Yoo Da-hee in the novel) immediately returned to the 0th floor.
She couldn’t join the guild, so she started from the 0th floor.
She paid a lump sum payment for a year, of course she couldn’t use it all.
On the way she died and went back.

“Let’s check how many coins each person has.”
“The smallest dugout is 250,000 coins a month. The middle is 350,000 coins.”
“Oh my… I have 60,000 coins now. Jinwoo Kim?”
“I’m 70,000 too…”
“Wow, that’s quite a lot, isn’t it? Thank god.”

Dahee Yoo is 60,000.
I’m 70,000.
The remaining three elves totaled 120,000.

If you collect all of them, it’s only 250,000 coins.
The price you have to pay when renting a grade F dugout for 30 days.

I’ll earn coins on the first floor too.
It was a dire situation right now.

I glanced at Elena.
Elena seemed unwilling to intervene in the situation.
Even though the princess stamped his feet.

‘They’re raising them to be fucking strong.’

I understand.
If you don’t grow strong, you will be eaten because the ‘Tower of Struggle’ ecosystem.
But can you guarantee a place to sleep?

‘Write a command?’

I have Elena Chance.
If your heart desires, Elena will take care of it.

I’m worried.
Is it right to get on the bus sweetly or do we have to stick together and overcome it?

‘Come together… ?’

Something looks like fun
There is also a dugout house with five people in it, so why couldn’t we?

“… Dahee and Kim Jinwoo smile strangely.”
“There are times like that, so you don’t have to be scared.”
“It’s not scary, it’s just disgusting…”
“I think that would hurt more.”

Elisha and Dahee Yoo whispered.
It was about me, but it wasn’t very good.

I urged Yu Da-hee as much as possible.
It blurs your judgment, holding it for 30 days and rubbing your body.

“Are you going to start with a pit house with 250,000 coins? If you’re going to do it, hurry up and move. Time is wasted.”
“… Then let’s just take 10 days.”
“Uh?”
“I can get used to it in about 10 days. You just have to adjust to the first floor and think about it.”

Dahee Yoo’s logic was the right theory.

In the first place, as a regressor, there was no reason to hold on for too long.
You just have to spend a little while, then regress, regress, and repeat again and again.
Then, when the clear angle becomes sharp, I go to catch the boss monster right away.

‘Shiba.’

It seems that I was dominated by balls for a while.
It’s an obvious thought, but I couldn’t think of it.

“Yes… I can catch two dugouts with 90,000 coins.”

Three men, three women.
It was enough to catch two dugouts.

We each split up
We found an empty pit and registered our names.

The names of Kim Jin-woo, Eloin, Elbarun, and ours were engraved on the sign.
Until 10 days pass, the dugout is protected by the ‘system’.

I crouched down and went inside the pit.
The inside of the dugout was wider than expected.
The three of them seemed to be enough for him.

‘It’s surprisingly cozy.’

It’s embarrassing that you’re feeling this way.

“It’s a dirt floor. Do I have to sleep here?”
“I should buy a sleeping bag.”

Eloin looked around the inside of the dugout and muttered in a voice full of complaints.
Grow on soil
I couldn’t feel better.

It’s me, as long as you put it to sleep, it’s a good mindset anywhere.
Thank you even if there is only a cloth to spread on the dirt floor.

I got out of the hut
Eloin and Elvaron also came out after me.
The women were also waiting for them to come out after touring the inside.

Dahee Yoo came up to me and asked.

“Are you going hunting?”
“I have to go. Because I can’t fly today.”

Just because there was a regression didn’t mean it wasn’t a waste of time.
A world that will be weeded out if we do not move forward.
You have to run without stopping.

There is also a hidden peace to be obtained.
There is no time to rest.

We went out of ‘First City’.
A flat land spreads out for about 300 meters, and beyond that, the forest begins.

Susut-.

How long has it been since you came out?
There is a ‘safe area’ right behind, and the native soldiers got up.
A soldier without any weapons.
It can be seen as the weakest monster on the 1st floor.

“Five. Do you think I can take one?”

One-on-one deathmatch, except for Elena.
It wasn’t difficult to deal with once.

“Uhhh!”

With the shadows, there was nothing to be afraid of.

—
[Battle settlement…]
[Get 1,000 Coins!]
—

Maybe because it was my shadow, I knew exactly what I wanted.
Even a married couple who have lived together for 30 years will not be able to follow our breath.

“I think I should give you a name.”
“Name? Whose name?”
“His name.”

Dahee Yoo sneaked up next to me and took turns scanning the Shadow Spirit.

“It is really the same. Kim Jinwoo, your body is exactly the same.”
“… Hey. Don’t touch me like that It feels strange.”

Dahee Yoo touched the shadow spirit’s body.
Yoo Da-hee’s pure white hand moved back and forth over the black, very black spirit’s body.

Maybe it was because her body matched 100% with mine, so it felt strangely erotic.
It’s like my body is being touched.

“Nipple.”
“Yumma!”

Dahee Yoo who harasses the shadow spirit with her index finger.
I saw the piteous eyes of the spirits shining.
He immediately reverse-summoned him and freed him from Yu Da-hee’s sinister hand.

“Uhhh, that’s fun.”
“Fun?”
“Ok. Maybe it’s because you can see how shy he is, he’s so cute.”

At the same time, Yu Da-hee flicked her tongue and ran her lips.
The eyes looking at me were unusual.
Would you say it’s like a bad boy?
The masked woman came to mind, so I averted my eyes without realizing it.

“Dahee, let’s go further.”
“Yes.”

Elisha, who was worse off, dragged Dahee Yu away.
Thanks to you, I was able to get out of the bullying.

We continued hunting.
I earned coins step by step.
Skill is skill, so I didn’t just go out dangerously.
I only played near ‘First City’.

Then, I met the players I wanted to meet.
I thought it would take some time, but I was lucky.

“No, does that make sense?”
“It makes no sense. It’s about parting the sea, it’s not impossible.”
“Therefore? Are you going to do the quest he gave you? Do you know what the reward is? The Master says you don’t have to.”
“I hate water. Never do it.”

I never thought the players passing by would be having the conversation I wanted at just the right moment.
I just asked those people.

“Excuse me. Hey, where did you meet him?”
“Kim Jinwoo! Where!”

After the sudden departure, Dahee Yoo caught up with her.
It was a blank look, as if he didn’t know why.

“Yes?”
“Didn’t you say you split the sea before?”
“Ah. Is that it?”

They are prisoners
The strength of beastmen differs in a thousand different ways depending on how they are bred and how much blood is mixed.

“An hour over there? There’s a lake there, right? It is there.”

One of the beastmen raised a hairy arm and gave directions.

Rumors about a liar who says he can part the sea.
If you meet the boy who is the party to the rumor, the boy will give you a request.
I need that request.

Perhaps the boy is in the midst of training, not training, saying he will split the lake now.

“Thank you for telling me.”

I expressed my gratitude moderately and approached the elves.
The elves glared at me with eyes asking why it was me.

“Why did you leave all of a sudden? Baby? Who are you looking for?”
“…”

After leaving, the storm hit hard.
Dahee Yoo seemed to be full of questions and was demanding an explanation from me.
Could this be a hearing room?

I’ll have to decorate it appropriately.

“I saw you in my dream.”
“Dream? What did you see in your dream? Tell me everything you know!”

Regressors have a strong desire for information.
It is because that is the only weapon that a regressor without talent can have.

“What should I say… It just looked like a scene from a movie. A boy splits the lake and hands us the crystal ball he found in it…”
“A crystal ball?”

Dahee Yoo urges me on.
He grabbed my arm and shook it wildly, harassing me as if to say something.

“You’ve been weird ever since. Don’t you remember what happened in the previous episode, don’t you recognize the return alone… If you think so, it’s not strange to see the future.”
“Uh? Future? I feel the same way, but what did you just say?”
“Nothing. So? Do you know where the crystal ball is used?”

Dahee Yoo secretly spills what happened in the previous episode.
As soon as the word “Return” Came out, the elves stuttered their conversation as if they hadn’t heard anything.

“I don’t know… It seemed important.”
“Hmm…”

Dahee Yu was deep in thought.

There are a total of five lakes on the first floor.
An artifact is locked in one of them.

The hidden piece that makes the artifact free pass the 2nd floor.
You absolutely have to find it and climb it.

“Then let’s go see him first. Jinwoo, I’ve never lost money by listening to you.”