#221
“It looks like everyone is gathered, so I’d like to change seats. What do you think?”
At Agatha’s words, everyone started walking under the huge mirror. Among them were White Empire Tyra and Baek Do-hyeon.
Baek Do-hyeon’s complexion was haggard than the last time he saw him. At times, looks came from all over the place as it looked like it hadn’t slept in days. One of them was Jaeyoung Lee’s gaze.
“Brother, why is the 8th place kid like that? “What happened?”
“Let’s talk later, Jaeyoung. “I’ll tell you everything later, so let’s just stay for now.”
“uh? uh… okay.”
bang-!
It was at that time that I heard the sound of something hitting the crowd in front of me. When he turned his head, Agatha was standing there looking up into the sky, striking the ground with the tip of her spear. The surroundings were soon filled with countless sounds of something being created.
When the successive sounds stopped, numerous guides were floating in front of the ten road players. Among them, only Bill Will, wearing a monocle, welcomed the players.
[It’s been a while. Has it been almost a month?]
Contrary to his greeting, Bill Will’s expression was not very good. Her stiffness mixed with her quiet tone made the air sink in her. Not only Bill Will, but also the countless guides standing behind him were the same. Dark expressions and stiff postures. As a result, the expressions on the road players’ faces became hard.
“Have you been well? But, your expressions don’t look good. “Do you have some bad news?”
In response to Agatha’s question, Billwill was silent for a moment as if he was lost in thought. But then she snapped her fingertips away with a sigh.
kkieeeeek-
A creepy sound came from the tilting mirror. The sound continued until the mirror stopped shaking and the light pooled inside.
[Please keep an eye on this place. Coincidentally, I have some news to tell you.]
A dark shape began to appear on the surface of the mirror where the light had collected. As the blurry screen became clear, the image of the ‘goddess’ I had seen one day appeared within it.
The goddess did not look any different from the day I first saw her. The appearance of a gigantic goddess sleeping upright, just like the image rooted on the planet Elix. She was all black and corroded. It seemed like the corroded powder on her here and there was blown away by the harsh wind.
[Goddess Luzebuia has sacrificed herself countless times to maintain the barrier. As a result, her life today has reached a point where it is taking her own life away from her.]
“Are you grinding?”
[That’s right. For example, when Luzebua first took root in this land, he did not look the same as he does now. When players refer to the Tower of Tests, they refer to it as the ‘White Tower’.]
“The White Tower? But that look… .”
[It was severely polluted during the process of blocking ‘Beusbrihel.’]
pollution. Sehyeon looked at the goddess in the mirror with disbelieving eyes. The rusting, scattered shell was blacker than the night. What I could see at a glance was darkness that seemed colder than any season.
But the guides were now saying that the darkness was dirt buried in a swamp.
“Why are you telling us this?”
Fan asked exactly what he meant by those words. Before we knew it, everyone was making the same facial expressions as the guides. Their facial expressions were like snakes examining me. This was especially true because the meaning of the words was unknown.
[The goddess’ pollution is still accelerating. Even our guides don’t know how much time we have. However, if the tower is completely polluted, Luzebua’s power will also disappear. It would be correct to say that it is no longer difficult to maintain the barrier. In the worst case, the tower may disappear completely.]
Death-like news rang out in silence. It was as if the smell of a decaying goddess suddenly passed her nostrils. The corroded powder that fell seemed like her life being shed.
“Why is it accelerating, Mr. Billwill?”
Sehyun asked with a calm expression through the stiff air. There must be a reason for the acceleration. And as expected, the reason was the goddess’s ‘interference’.
[Lyzebuia is currently using up a lot of power to interfere with your Implementation Empire. We are hastening the destruction of the Old Empire and providing benefits to help you fight against it. Luzebuia’s strength is his life. In addition, he is experiencing extreme exhaustion of strength to maintain the cracked barrier. Our guides concluded that all of this overlapped and accelerated the contamination.]
“So, what does Bill Will want us to do now? “Tell me that.”
[Currently, there is no other way than to accelerate the attack on the tower as much as possible. So, our guides ask you to advance your strategy as much as possible. Until then, we will do our best to prevent the weakening of the barrier.]
“W-what? Let’s attack earlier?!”
“What nonsense… !”
“Isn’t the bottom line just that it’s all our fault!”
Voices mixed with anger emerged from all over the place. Although the positions of the guides and the players were conflicting, it was a situation that was enough to make both sides angry.
At least, if the barrier had not been touched, this sad moon would not have occurred. In the end, it was the road players themselves who brought this on themselves.
“Mr. Bill Will. Could you please show me a video of the 91st floor map of the Imperium? “I think I can at least judge by looking at that.”
Sehyun said with a tired expression. Jaeyoung Lee’s attack date on the 91st floor was one month. It could be said that he was able to capture the time to the fullest extent so that it was close enough. However, whether that was Lee Jae-young’s intention or not would have to be confirmed.
I had to know whether it was really a situation that could be conquered quickly as the guides said.
Just-!
The moment Billwill flicked his fingertips, the winter that was projecting the Tower of Test began to project a new image.
At first, no one recognized him. It was a dark and gloomy world where even day and night were unclear. The surrounding area was swarming with something, and it was literally a ruin in the middle of nowhere, with huge thorny cliffs sticking out here and there, and it didn’t look like anyone would live there.
Jaeyoung Lee was standing on the highest thorn cliff in the world. Unlike the Sehyeon period, there were no scattered vassals. All the monsters were pacing around Jaeyoung Lee, and Jaeyoung Lee was the only one looking down at the thorny cliff in human form.
There was a swarm of monsters swarming under Lee Jae-young’s feet. The crowd that covered the surrounding area was divided into two as if forming a wave.
On one side was a group of monsters covered in black tar, and on the other side were the monster units of this planet that were lined up around the vanguard. The person standing in the vanguard was none other than Zenka.
[Keeeeeeeeek-!]
At Zenka’s command, the monsters gathered in a group began to clash indiscriminately, shaking the ground. Dust, earthquakes, and the seething screams and cries of monsters violently swept across the desolate land. As the opposing monsters clashed, the battlefield was covered in fountains of blood.
In that harsh battlefield, Zenka’s gaze was focused on the lightning rod towering high in the sky beyond the hordes of monsters. Every time the lightning rod flashed, lightning struck from the sky, and the monsters around it, both friends and enemies, exploded mercilessly.
Meanwhile, Sehyeon saw something in the center of the lightning rod and frowned faintly. At the center of the long lightning rod, something covered in a transparent film was writhing.
The red flesh, which contracted and expanded regularly as if breathing, was strange.
“… “It’s the heart.”
It was a living heart, bigger than 10,000 monsters combined.
Monsters covered in tar charged in to protect it, and Zenka’s monster group launched an airstrike to take it away. Jaeyoung Lee just looked down at the scene in silence.
However, soon Jaeyoung Lee’s small body became enormous. 4 meters, no. When it became a monster that was at least 6 meters tall, Jaeyoung Lee roared into the air.
When Zenka heard the roar and looked up at the far cliff where Jaeyoung Lee was, the vassals of the Monster Empire, including Jaeyoung Lee, rushed towards the battlefield.
From then on it was just endless war. Jaeyoung Lee, who was attached to Zenka’s group as the vanguard, raised his teeth and rushed towards the monsters guarding the lightning rod. Lee Jae-young eats, eats, and eats every monster that touches his mouth… .
“… “Jaeyoung.”
At this point, I had to assume that I went alone to eat as much as I could without worrying about others. Lee Jae-young next to me was startled by Se-hyeon’s call.
The others were already looking at Jaeyoung Lee with strange eyes. Among them, Li Zheng, the Shadow Empire, covered his mouth and vomited.
“Oh, no… I tried to spit it out after just tasting it, but the kids gulped it down on their own. That’s why I did it because I really wanted to eat it… “Probably not, bro.”
I wondered if it was the instinct of a monster race. In the meantime, Jaeyoung Lee in the mirror swallowed the monster again and was aiming for another prey. I ate like that, but I don’t know why my stomach is so chubby.
