How to Survive as a Player Chapter 219

#219

“… “I hope it’s not ominous.”

[If you’re worried, you can look into it here. Of course, it’s not free.]

“Elder, it’s okay, just tell me your business. “It’s time to talk.”

[Haha, since you say that, I will tell you without hesitation. It’s just that I wanted to borrow Yoon Je-ha’s hand for a few days. I have a weapon in mind right now, but I don’t think our blacksmith skills will be able to handle it.]

As expected, I asked what the business was and it turned out that he had contacted me because he had something worth doing. He is a person who surpasses Sehyun in terms of practical benefits, but I wondered if he would be immature.

“Next time, tell me about your business first. First of all, I will ask Jeha Yoon about that first. “Maybe they will allow it.”

[I am confident that it will be a good experience for Yoon Je-ha. Whatever it is, doesn’t learning always benefit people?]

“Yes, Mr. Fan, please finish your work quickly and go back to the tower. “What’s more beneficial than circling the tower right now, isn’t it?”

[Of course.]

The communication ended with an answer that was unclear whether it was sincere or not. And Sehyeon also went out to subdue him again.

The monster whose head was exploded by an arrow disappeared without a body left. He didn’t even have a magic stone. Se-hyeon, who was looking at the spot where only blood stains remained, soon hid himself in the bushes and slowly walked towards the place where the village was formed.

“Lord, there are two more scouts nearby.”

“Then we should kill them first.”

The monster that appeared here was an ogre-type monster. The weapons were thorn whips or bats, and the scouts carried horns on their waists. If they saw an outside intruder, they would report it to the village and gather a large number of monsters.

So, among the monsters that formed the village, the first targets to be killed were the scouts. Sehyun moved through the grass to a place where there was a scout guarding the surrounding area.

In fact, elite ogres have two brains, the head and the heart, so they do not die easily even if their heads explode. The moment their heads disappeared, they activated their sense of touch instead of their eyes and ears. Even if sight and hearing were lost, the enemy’s location was identified by sound or air flow, and it ran only by moving its body.

The monster that Sehyun identified while talking to Fan was not an elite class and died easily, but the scouts in charge of the village’s security were different.

Chwiik- Chwik-

The scout’s eyes, making strange noises, looked strangely here and there like a chameleon. Once the eye stopped, the scout usually turned around and moved on to the next scouting location. Sehyeon waited for the right moment and slowly lifted the bow and pulled the bowstring.

And when the scout withdrew his gaze and moved to the next location, he fired the arrow that had been pulled to its limit.

‘<Purification’s Fall LV.8>’

The moment the arrow fired at dawn exploded the monster’s head, blood splattered everywhere. But there was no sound at all. Muan, who was nearby, silenced all sounds with a sound blocking skill.

The monster whose head had exploded seemed to be tilting, but soon it supported itself with a club and began to stagger and look around.

Sehyeon loaded the arrow again. However, when he pulled the bowstring as hard as he could and put it to his mouth, a strange sharp sound penetrated the surroundings. Sounds that shouldn’t be here.

Squeak! Squeak-!

“talent… “Evil?”

Not only the heroes, but also Sehyeon and the headless monster turned to the place where the cries were coming from. There was a small monster running through the forest entrance and towards the village. It was Jaeyoung Lee’s monster, which was less than a bite away from an ogre and was supposed to be with Ruhak in the current empire.

“you… !”

Se-hyeon shot an arrow at the calf of an ogre that was running towards Gwaegi like a zombie and ran out of the grass in a hurry. The heroes followed closely behind and ran together.

Buuuuung-!

The sound of a horn rang out from the village, as if someone had discovered the noise. Soon, dozens of monsters began to surge out like waves from a village made of giant bones.

Thump thump thump thump-

Amidst the fierce sound of footsteps, Sehyun hurriedly stretched out her hand towards the squealer heading somewhere. The heroes who quickly joined him drew their swords and cut down the charging monsters.

When Se-hyeon managed to pick up the ogre that almost got stepped on by the ogre, all the monsters in the surrounding area exploded at once with an explosion sound.

It was a huge explosion that shook the ground. The continuous explosion sound gradually disappeared, hiding no trace until the body of the monster that blew its final horn melted into shape.

Only then was Sehyeon able to see the shadow of someone lying down as if he was exhausted.

“… Ruhak.”

The owner of the shadow was Ruhak, who was looking down at Kiak in Sehyeon’s arms with a scary expression. There was a murderous look in his eyes, as if he would burst out in laughter at any moment and kill me.

Squeak-squeak!

Without even knowing it, Kiak struggled fiercely to escape from Sehyeon’s embrace. While he showed his teeth and growled, he also howled desperately towards the sky.

It was like looking for Jaeyoung Lee. Sehyeon followed Kiak’s gaze and raised his head and looked up at the sky.

I might be feeling something. The monster species had a better ability to sense things than other races. If something had happened to Jaeyoung Lee like that day, it could also explain why the monster was so rampaging.

Has something bad happened to Lee Jae-young? He couldn’t bear to ask. The monster howled to the point of tears, and its actions were more vicious and violent than the previous days.

My heart felt like it was burning with anxiety. There was a bitter taste in her throat. Sehyeon’s hands also gradually lost strength. It seemed like something he wanted to do to keep her anxiety away.

However, before I could let go of the small monster, a light spread across my vision as if the world was shaking. My eyes swayed as I looked at the shimmering light.

The letters that emerged white as if diluted in water were the news that Sehyeon had been waiting for so long.

Before I realized it, my vision became blurry and I was out of breath. What came right after that was a crushing load so heavy that her knees buckled.

[You have successfully conquered the 91st floor of the ‘Tower of Tests.’]

Kkkkkkk-!!

When the terrible sound in his head disappeared, Sehyun was breathing heavily in the distance.

“… “Jaeyoung.”

It was immediately after that that I realized Jaeyoung Lee’s existence. Sehyun picked up Kiak, who was looking around here and there, pricking up his ears, and started running frantically along that path to get out of the tower.

As I came out of the entrance of the tower, I saw Kwak Jeong-han and Aul, who had heard the news from a distance, running towards where Se-hyeon was.

“Sehyun, Jaeyoung… !”

“Frog!”

“Yes, I know.”

Sehyun answered while touching the lever that controlled the number of floors in the tower. And as soon as Ruhak and the heroes came out of the tower, they pushed down the lever they were holding. The screeching noise was extremely creepy.

I waited impatiently for the door to open for a while, and as the door began to open, brilliant sunlight began to seep through the crack in the door.

As soon as the gap opened, Se-hyeon leapt through the door. But he had to stop before he could take a few steps.

There was a group of people who seemed to have been placed in an empty space. They seemed lost, as if they were unable to adapt to the sudden situation. Perhaps because Sehyun experienced it once, she knew what that feeling was.

Those standing empty-handed were Lee Jae-young and his retainers.

One month has already passed without Jaeyoung Lee. Lee Jae-young, who was standing with his shoulders slumped as if in vain, and the monsters crouching around him were covered in blood. Even a foul odor oozed from the body, covered in blood so much that one could not even tell whose blood it was. It was a trace of a long battle.

“Jaeyoung.”

Sehyeon powerfully called Jaeyoung Lee’s name. Lee Jae-young’s empty eyes, who were absentmindedly drooping his shoulders, moved to find Se-hyeon. Our eyes met and a long moment of silence passed.

But soon Lee Jae-young’s eyes became unsightly and distorted. Tears began to well up in my eyes as I looked at Sehyun.

“… brother.”

When I saw Jaeyoung Lee for the first time in a month, his mood had changed a lot. I can’t pinpoint it, but he was the apple of his eye that went through a lot of growth and pain. Sehyun silently stretched out her arms towards Lee Jaeyoung, who was staggering towards her.

Soon, Lee Jae-young and Se-hyeon buried their faces in their dreams and hugged her waist tightly. Even the voice that came out had tears in it.

“oh my god… Our Jenka… . Ugh, what should I do… .”

Se-hyeon carefully brushed the blood-soaked hair of Jae-young Lee, who was shedding tears. I couldn’t understand most of what was being said. Nevertheless, what was clear was that Jaeyoung Lee was unable to save anyone.

“I wanted to protect you… I wanted to save you… . The only one who could save Zenka… Ugh… . I wanted to save everyone… . What should I do, bro… What should we do because we feel sorry for Zenka… .”

No words of comfort will be of any help to Jaeyoung Lee now. Especially when it comes to comfort that you can’t sympathize with.

“Zenka’s child, huh… . I couldn’t keep it… .”

Se-hyeon slowly patted Jae-young Lee on the back, as if comforting him, while listening to his voice filled with self-reproach and regret.

Was the child Jaeyoung Lee unable to protect the next queen?

Sehyun shifted her gaze and looked at Jenka over Jaeyoung Lee’s shoulder. Zenka was looking at the crying Jaeyoung Lee with sad eyes. The eyes, filled with sorrow for a long time, were without tears, as if they had already endured a lot. All I could do was look at Lee Jae-young’s small back in loneliness and silence.

Perhaps, Jaeyoung Lee’s tears may have been of comfort to Zenka.

On the day of long crying, Lee Jae-young returned after successfully completing the 91st floor strategy without any worries.

It was a day when I saw Jenka swallowing her sadness.