CHAPTER 23 - After the First Day of the Third Scenario

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{Kim Dokja POV}



I breathed out roughly. There was a soft texture touching my cheek.

"Dokja-ssi!"

The fog faded and my vision became clear. The first thing that I saw was Yoo Sangah's face. Lee Hyunsung and Jung Heewon's worried faces also appeared.

"...The scenario?"

"It ended Dokja-ssi. We did it. We did it!"

...I see. We did it.

I looked at the agitated party members and tried to move my body. I had remained stiff for a long time and my muscles barely listened to me.

"Don't be...pleased."

"Huh?"

"Only one day has passed. Yesterday was the third day..."

Lee Hyunsung caught me as I tried to get up.

"Dokja-ssi! It isn't possible. You haven't slept at all."

"What time is it now?"

"It is 8:30 a.m. 30 minutes have passed since the scenario ended."

8:30... fortunately, not too much time passed. By the way, there was a face missing.

"Where is Gilyoung?"

"Ah, Gilyoung..."

Before Jung Heewon spoke, I already discovered where Jung Heewon was. Lee Jihye and Yoo Jonghyuk were looking down at Lee Gilyoung a few steps away.

...No, what was that bastard Yoo Jonghyuk doing?

At this moment, I remembered how Yoo Jonghyuk was surprised when he saw my party. Don't tell me, when Yoo Jonghyuk used Sage's Eyes...?

"When... you have chosen? Obvious never...before."

Due to the aftereffects of using the stone, Yoo Jonghyuk's voice wasn't heard properly. Then Lee Gilyoung started talking.

"It is okay."

"...You really won't go with me?"

"Yes."

"You can become much stronger with me than with him. You still won't go?"

"Yes. I won't."

"...Stupid kid."

Yoo Jonghyuk frowned and looked my way.

[Exclusive skill, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint stage 2 has been activated!]

「 ...Lucky guy. He will be helpful so let's keep him a little longer. 」

I wanted to say something but I had no energy in my body.

"Dokja hyung!"

Once he discovered that I woke up, Lee Gilyoung rushed towards me with swollen eyes. Yoo Jonghyuk's thoughts still rang in my head.

「 There is no time to delay. I have to finish the attack today. Otherwise... 」

...Attack? What was he talking about?


I had to think... Damn, I'm too tired. As I relaxed my body, the softness of the thigh I was lying on touched my cheek again.

"Yoo Sangah-ssi..."

"Y-Yes!"

"Sorry, I'm going to sleep a bit..."

Then I fell sleep. It was a sweet sleep without any dreams.

* * *

I woke up two hours later.

[Hey, how long are you going to sleep?]

I opened my eyes at the loud and unpleasant voice. This time, the texture against my cheek was much thicker and harder than before.

"...Ah, Dokja-ssi woke up."

Smiling lips. Jung Heewon was looking down at me.

"Yoo Sangah-ssi took a break. We didn't sleep well last night."

I turned my head and saw Yoo Sangah sleeping against a wall. Jung Heewon smiled.

"By the way, is Lee Hyunsung's thigh comfortable?"

I turned and saw Lee Hyunsung drooling.

"Today in the morning... the on-call officer will conduct the duties..."


...I thought the height of the pillow wasn't right. It turned out to be Lee Hyunsung's thigh. It was an army pillow with a bloody smell.

"Dokja hyung..."

I felt a heavy feeling on my stomach and looked down to see Lee Gilyoung leaning against me and sleeping.

The moment I carefully raised my body, I heard Bihyung's voice.

[Haha, you are awake? Then take this.]

Messages poured into my ears.

[The constellation 'Demon-like Judge of Fire' is sad about your trauma.]

[The constellation 'Abyssal Black Flame Dragon' is interested in your past.]

[The constellation Secretive Plotter is wondering about your mother.]

[The constellations have sponsored you 1,800 coins.]

...Sons of a bitches. They were trying to steal a peek at my past.

This wasn't the end.

[You have endured Chungmuro's night without the green zone.]

[You have accomplished the 'Never-ending Dawn' achievement at Chungmuro Station!]

[You have earned 1,000 coins as an achievement reward.]

[Coins Possessed: 22,650 C]

I had achieved the target amount. I didn't experience a hard night for nothing.


This time Jung Heewon asked. "What should we do today? Like yesterday..."

"No, not today. That only works for one day."

Of course, if we were lucky then we might be able to find the randomly generated green zone. Unfortunately, there was no detailed description of the location of the green zones on day four in Ways of Survival.

"Then..."

Jung Heewon's expression became dark. But it was unnecessary worry.

"Today we will completely end the third scenario."

"Huh?"

I carefully laid Lee Gilyoung and got up.

It wasn't originally planned but I couldn't wait after hearing Yoo Jonghyuk's thoughts. Yesterday, he had no choice but to buy time. However, the story was different today.

"I will drag out the land owners."

"...How?"

Jung Heewon asked and I looked at Lee Hyunsung, who was sleeping deeply.

"I have to use the secret weapon that I saved."

Now it was time to change the owner of Chungmuro.

I walked up the stairs alone. The people of the Landlord Alliance welcomed me as I went up.

"Haha, who is this? If it isn't the illegal tenant."

"..."

"You are coming up here after doing well. Did you really survive yesterday without a room? Did Yoo Jonghyuk help you?"

I ignored them and kept walking. The Landlord Alliance members kept talking, as if they thought I was scared.

"Isn't it hard to live with Yoo Jonghyuk? Enter our alliance. Pildu-ssi said he would let you."

I didn't care and counted the remaining green zones on every floor. One, two, three... in order for this plan to succeed, I couldn't miss a single one.

"Of course, under the condition that you bring both women."

Now there were 11 green zones remaining. The number had reduced a lot after yesterday's scenario. It was a close number to carry out the plan.

"Hey, are you ignoring me now?"

"I'm listening. Tell him I'm thinking about it."

The alliance members looked at each other and chuckled at my words. They could laugh like that now.

I was walking up the escalator when a blade suddenly reached my neck. I felt very few signs it was coming... there was only one skill that boasted this type of concealed movements in the beginning.

[Ghost Walk.]

"I'm disappointed, Ahjussi."

Lee Jihye. A proud girl with outstanding fighting skills. She wasn't chosen by the Duke of Loyalty and Warfare for nothing.

"Ahjussi, don't you know what will happen to those women if you make a deal with them?"

"I know."

"Do you really know? Yesterday, wouldn't you rather die?"

I shrugged.

"Put away the sword. Let's talk."

"Talk? You came to find me on purpose."

"Yes."

Lee Jihye put away the sword. I followed behind Lee Jihye. Lee Jihye walked from B1 to the ticket barrier at the entrance. We seemed to walk for a while.

"What did you want to talk about?"

"But why are you standing there?"

"Master told me to defend this place."

"...Defend?"



"That's why I can't let you pass."

Lee Jihye touched the ticket gate and drew her hand across her neck. I looked at the passage beyond the ticket gate. There were exit numbers leading to the ground. But not all numbers led to the ground. At that moment, I had an ominous feeling.


...That Yoo Jonghyuk, surely he wasn't trying that route?

If Yoo Jonghyuk wanted to protect this place, there was only one reason.

As the scenario was in progress, he was secretly trying to attack the 'hidden dungeon' of Chungmuro. Hidden dungeon attack. It sounded good. In fact, it wasn't bad if the main character became stronger.

The problem was that this dungeon was a place that Yoo Jonghyuk couldn't clear until the end of the third regression. It looked like I should finish this quickly.

"I need your help."

"My help?"

"Today, I will shatter Gong Pildu's party."

"...Are you serious?"

Lee Jihye looked at me like she was trying to see my heart.

[Your understanding of the character 'Lee Jihye' has increased.]

"Ahjussi isn't strong enough. You won't be able to get rid of them."

"Even if you help me?"

Lee Jihye's head jerked like her pride was damaged.

It was natural. Lee Jihye had already challenged Gong Pildu the first day she came to this station. Then she ran away. If Yoo Jonghyuk hadn't appeared to rescue her, she would be dead.

"I have a way. I can do it if you help me."

"...Master told me to stay here."

"If you don't help, most of the people here will die."

"People will die anyway."

"Did Yoo Jonghyuk say that?"

Lee Jihye's eyes shook.

"The boy we talked to yesterday is dead. Do you understand?"

"...I know."

"Maybe he could've lived. Then today, he would be rushing at us to tell us about Yoo Jonghyuk."

"That..."

"Yoo Jonghyuk killed him. He could've saved him."

I felt complicated while talking. I noticed that I wasn't much different from Yoo Jonghyuk. The subway, Gumho Station... I ignored people I might've been able to save because my safety was being threatened.

But hypocrites could speak plausible words.

"I saw the video of your scenario when I was on the subway."

Lee Jihye's small shoulders shook.

"It was a video where you killed your friend to survive."

"...Stop."

"In fact, you didn't want to do that."

[The character 'Lee Jihye' is greatly disturbed.]

"What do you know?"

"I know what I know. Of course I don't know. I'm just talking to myself."

"..."

"But since I am talking, I wanted to say this. If you turn away today, you will regret it for the rest of your life. Definitely."

[The character 'Lee Jihye' has fallen into deep agony.]

I didn't know the 'human' Lee Jihye but I knew the 'character' Lee Jihye. This girl was a loyal subordinate of Yoo Jonghyuk. But that was a story for the future, not now. She admired Yoo Jonghyuk's strength but she was essentially different from Yoo Jonghyuk.

Lee Jihye opened her mouth a few minutes later.

"If I help, people can live?"

"Not everyone, but some will survive."

"...What should I do?"

"I will start at 7 o'clock this evening."


I told her the plan. In order to implement this plan, Lee Jihye needed to do the things I told her.

Lee Jihye stared blankly and opened her mouth.

"Are you sane? You will really do this?"

"Yes."

"...Honestly, I don't think it will work. I'll tell you in advance. I don't think I can help."

"The choice is yours."

She said this but Lee Jihye would surely move. She was the person who was chosen by the Duke of Loyalty and Warfare.

[The constellation Secretive Plotter likes your impudence.]

[100 coins have been sponsored.]

[Lee Jihye's sponsor likes you.]

[100 coins have been sponsored.]

Now all the preparations were finished.


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After having a battle for eight hours, everyone gets some rest. Most of them fall asleep after the scenario ended.

Clopeh was moving around and talking to the female survivors. He was collecting the record of the battle from the video cameras that he lend to some of them before the scenario begins. He then took a laptop from his spacial pocket and started to copying some data then he give it to them.

They are happy to receive the videos and thank Clopeh with shining eyes. They talk to Clopeh and planning about how they record the scenario for tonight. They long discussion continues for quite long while until they reach the most satisfying result.

The male survivors could only watch them with scared looks because they are afraid of their madness.

The few days they spent with Cale group making them have a different view about each person in Cale group.

Some male survivors turned into Mary fans. They liked her kindness that always reminded them to eat and rest well. Most of them become her fans after comparing Mary to other female survivors that they see as crazy fanatics.

The young men idolize Choi Han skills and they treat him as their hero. They all training diligently under Choi Han instruction.

The survivors put some distance to Cale and Alberu because they feel that they are unapproachable and they have a different status from them. Cale and Alberu often seen to enjoy some tea and cookies while discussing something with elegant and relax manner. Most of the fans secretly recording everything as videos or photos while admiring them with their own different fantasy. In the worst case, there are some of the fans that having a nosebleed or having a difficulty to breathe because of their own fantasy.

Clopeh was always seen together with the female survivors talking about something enthusiastically.

That's how they spend their time with the survivors. Even when they know about their true appearance, they decided to act like before and keep listening to them.

When Cale and the other wake up, they saw Clopeh and the female survivors looked strangely energized while discussing something but they decided to ignore the crazy bastard.

They called everyone to preparing for tonight. They used the monsters corpses to make a barricade on the railway. Some of the monsters are used as food for the survivors. The survivors who don't have any battle skills are helping with daily necessity. Everyone working together and learning how to survive while helping each other.

Cale keeps looking for any clue with the help of the wind elementals. The wind elementals are looking around the surrounding area and reported everything to Cale.

•Uwaaa....hiks....hiks....sob...

But he was surprised by the crying voice when he used the top whip.

Cale, there's a newly born baby elementals with us but we don't understand the language.

I think our existence is the triggered.

Chaos, Destruction, Birth. I need to teach the newborn elemental and raise them to be great.

Some new information coming in unexpected ways.

• I don't understand, hiks.... what are you saying??? Someone please tell me, sob...

"Hello, please don't cry. I can hear your voice and I can translate what they are saying for you."

• Sob... you can hear me!!!

"Yes I can hear you."

[Some constellations interest with your monologs.]

[Some constellations want to know who you are talking to.]

[Some constellations watching you with strange look.]

[Some constellations think that you had gone crazy.]

[Some constellations give you a pitying gaze.]

[Some constellations interest with your words.]

[Some constellations sneered at you.]

[Some constellations...]


...

• You really can hear me!!! Wow finally there's someone that I can communicate with. I'm so lonely after regaining my consciousness but I can't communicate with anyone. Thank you for being able to hear me.

"I'm Cale Henituse, nice to meet you."

• I don't have any name but nice to meet you Cale.

It looks like that no one could see the elementals in this world. It would give us advantages in collecting information.

With the new-born baby wind elemental, Cale could gather more information about the conversations that happened in the other stations.

[The overseer of feast and dance feels connections with your name.]



<to be continue>



Author's note: just find something funny about Cale name if you search Kale (mythology) at Wikipedia. Like always, I hope you enjoy the story and have a nice day.





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