How to Survive as a Player Chapter 215

#215

It’s already winter, I’m 34 years old, and I’ve lived a life that felt like it was empty.

A game called Elix appeared in front of Baek Do-hyeon, who was dominated by life and lived mechanically. What I met there was Isis. Three Isis who resembled herself in every part.

Baek Do-hyeon still hasn’t forgotten the day he first met Isis. A child in a cat shirt running through a snow-covered road. She was smiling brightly like a child.

‘I am Isis. He is also the Grand Duke who will serve you. It’s an honor to meet you. Please guide our empire to the right path.’

I didn’t like it. Nevertheless, his eyes were drawn to her bright smile. She established a village after him, and it didn’t take long for her to attract her vassals and establish her footing.

And just like outside, Baek Do-hyun continued his life without affection in the game.

It was a repetitive cycle of logging out once I had completed what I had to do, as if it were a given task. Apart from the fact that I was obsessed with some kind of desire and impulsively started playing the game, it was a world where I had no interest.

Nevertheless, Baek Do-hyeon accessed Elix every single day and lived while meeting the Grand Duke and his vassals. Obligatory.

One month and fifteen days like that. When unfamiliar words came out of young Isis’s mouth, Baek Do-hyeon found himself shrinking. Like a child.

Baek Do-hyeon was living behind walls here as well. Even though I visited this place every day in hopes of covering up the festering parts and finding comfort, I actually drew a line and kept my distance.

What the child said was what Baek Do-hyun wanted to hear the most. And the child repeated the words ‘I really like you’ throughout that night.

Baek Do-hyun couldn’t hold back his tears that day, no matter what he said when he cried that he liked him.

The only thing that comforted him as he cried silently was Isis’s chattering words. Since that day, Baek Do-hyun has changed a lot. He began to open the door of his heart towards Isis and towards the empire, and when he realized that, Baek Do-hyeon had become a king who could show all of himself, including his flaws and mistakes.

This was an ideal world that would never exist again for Baek Do-hyun. Therefore, Isis Mann hoped that he would not walk the lonely path he had walked.

To Baek Do-hyeon, the empire was like a child whom he wanted to meet in his next life. And Isis was his friend, comrade, and child.

‘I want to live, Dohyeon. We really… ‘I want to live.’

The pain and frustration I felt every time I saw little Isis sobbing whenever she was anxious. And feelings of helplessness and self-destruction. What Baek Do-hyun had to do was decided. Isis had to be saved. He had to save his vassals and build an empire.

That’s why I decided and vowed to go forward and fight back. Baek Do-hyeon had to get rid of that giant monster no matter what.

Even if the process was a series of betrayals, the weight of the things that should be important to Baek Do-hyun was already tilted to one side.

“Anchoring complete!”

Baek Do-hyeon, who had been waiting with his eyes closed and his back against the wall, opened his eyes with difficulty at those words and looked at the door of the airship that had begun to open.

The piercing sunset appeared through the crack in the door. When the door was fully opened, Baek Do-hyeon grabbed the clothes in his hand and stretched out his feet.

However, it was not Isis who first greeted Baek Do-hyeon in the cold wind.

“Where are you going, Baek Do-hyeon?”

The one who felt that pure white wings were like Isis’ first smile. A panoramic view of blonde hair disheveled by the wind, fluttering white in the setting sun.

Sehyun, his first colleague, was standing there with a cold smile.

The sight of Baek Do-hyeon after a long time was beyond words. Traces of the wandering he experienced remained all over his body. Dark under eyes and pale complexion. The sight of him looking like he was about to collapse at any moment gave us an idea of ​​the agony he was going through.

However, that does not mean that Se-hyeon deserves to see it.

“I asked where you were going in such a hurry, Mr. Baek Do-hyeon.”

“I wouldn’t be obligated to tell you. Especially here. “Why did you come to an empire without a master?”

“I don’t think I’ve come to a place I can’t come to.”

Baek Do-hyeon’s narrow gaze passed Se-hyeon and headed behind him. Baek Do-hyun quickly grasped the situation. The two grand dukes behind Sehyeon kept their mouths shut and just watched their superiors. They were Isis and Ruhak.

“It would be best for the archdukes not to see. Before Baek Do-hyun came, I signed a simple contract with him. You will not be able to interfere with what happens between us from now on. Oh, it’s a one-time thing, so don’t worry.”

“You made a contract with Isis?”

Baek Do-hyeon’s slightly frowning eyes turned to Isis, who had a stern expression. Isis was still in her male form. If he had been a young Isis, he might have rejected Sehyeon’s offer, but Isis, who had become a man with accurate judgment, was different.

Isis’s intention was clear. He also wanted to stop Baek Do-hyeon. He goes so far as to match Sehyeon’s rhythm with his hands and feet.

“Let me ask you something, Baek Do-hyeon.”

Sehyun took something out of her inventory and held it in her hand. He pulled the object back once, disengaged his safety device and looked at Baek Do-hyeon.

“Do you really believe what Tyra says?”

“why? Are you planning to kill me regardless of your answer?”

“Do not worry. Since you’ve switched to non-lethal mode, you won’t die. Still, in order to come to my senses, I need to get this sorted out. “It looks like you’re crazy.”

Baek Do-hyeon’s eyes turned to the weapon in Se-hyeon’s hand. Muzzle flashing in short fluid. It was a magic gun, a product of the engineering empire.

“Mr. Baek Do-hyun will know that Mr. Tyra is looking for victims. If someone who knows that approaches you like that, are you trying to call yourself a victim? “I hope you don’t really think you can get anything from Tyra.”

A twisted smile appeared on Baek Do-hyun’s lips. Baek Do-hyun also slowly lowered his knees and raised his narrow eyes fiercely.

“Since when did you become so naive?”

“When did you become so nosy? “Why don’t you show off your laziness to a certain extent?”

“I think you forgot, Mr. Baek Do-hyun. “I’ve been like this from the beginning.”

The one who moved first was Baek Do-hyun. The moment a black shadow stretched out from under Baek Do-hyeon’s feet, Baek Do-hyeon’s figure disappeared like a blur.

Sehyun’s eyes quickly swept across the radius. And as soon as the black shadow caught my eye, I pulled the trigger towards it.

Taang, the magic bullet fired failed to aim and disappeared, leaving a scratch on the floor. Baek Do-hyeon nimbly stepped on top of the smoke.

The figure with his collar fluttering blocked his vision moment by moment, and Baek Do-hyun’s figure disappeared and appeared countless times like a blinking light.

But as the shape became clearer, the distance became closer. The magic gun was fired into the air again. Sehyeon, shaken by the recoil of the gun, faintly heard the sound of something brushing against his collar.

And blood stains dotted on the floor.

Isis’s expression darkened as she saw the drops of blood falling on the floor. But Isis turned away from this by closing his eyes heavily.

“I thought you said it wasn’t for killing.”

“If you get hit squarely, you won’t die. Of course, don’t expect to wake up for a week.”

Baek Do-hyeon’s voice came from a short distance away. Sehyun was rolling his eyes, but when the sound of footsteps on the ground got closer, he instinctively grabbed his gun and swung it wide to the side. A dull sound and the feeling of something touching came to his hand.

However, where the blows struck, there was Baek Do-hyun’s hand, holding the muzzle of the gun as if it were being crushed.

“Slow.”

These were the words Baek Do-hyeon, who raised his eyes wide, spoke between his teeth. As soon as Se-hyeon heard this, he let go of his magic gun, took out an arrow from his inventory, grabbed it, and slashed at the back of Baek Do-hyeon’s hand.

Baek Do-hyun blocked it with the sturdy barrel of his gun.

Kwaduk-

Since the gun is operated by fingerprints anyway, Baek Do-hyun cannot use it. As if he knew this, Baek Do-hyun grabbed the useless gun and threw it back. Without missing that moment, Se-hyeon also swung the arrow point down Baek Do-hyeon’s neck.

The arrow tip that was drawing a horizontal line was deflected away by Baek Do-hyeon as he leaned back. And as soon as the arrow left the action radius, Baek Do-hyeon violently grabbed Se-hyeon’s wrist and pulled him up.

Se-hyeon realized this and quickly lifted Baek Do-hyun’s solar plexus with his knee to take a picture, but even that was blocked by the other hand and his face was pulled in front of Baek Do-hyun’s nose.

“What are you doing, ugh!”

I felt tremendous strength in my wrist. A crunching sound, like a bone splitting open, came along with a searing pain. Baek Do-hyeon’s gaze was distant, glaring at him as if telling him not to move.

Black clouds were swirling in the eyes that met each other. Sehyun could barely focus and stared at this. But after a while.

“under-“

Baek Do-hyun let out an exclamation. Before he knew it, his eyes had become distorted to the point where he couldn’t recognize his shape. The moment Se-hyeon flinched at that eerie feeling, Baek Do-hyun’s foot extended inside her calf, caught Se-hyeon’s leg and knocked her down.