How to Survive as a Player Chapter 226

#226

Kkkkkkk-!!

My body shook and I gasped at the sound of being hit without defense. Sehyeon held on to his window frame and endured the flickering vision. When what seemed like eons passed and his entire body lost strength, Sehyun stood feeling like he was standing on the edge of a cliff.

Shootaaa-

The eerie rain spread into my ears again. Only then was I able to feel Sehyun’s hands holding me tightly and supporting me.

Kwak Jeong-han and Aul were holding Se-hyeon’s clothes tightly. There was no sound. Sehyun, no. Everyone is just looking into space with startled eyes.

The ranking change text shaking with noise made everyone dizzy.

With trembling fingertips, Sehyun found the ranking list window and entered it. And as soon as his eyes landed on a certain place, his entire body stopped trembling.

Stop-

There wasn’t. Agatha’s empire name, which should have been ranked among the empires, has now completely disappeared.

I couldn’t even remember what spirit I had in running out there. When Sehyun came to her senses, she was running toward the portal where Bill Will was, in the rain.

Kwak Jeong-han and Owl quickly followed behind Se-hyeon. In the white space where we arrived in the pouring rain without an umbrella, it seemed that Se-hyun wasn’t the only one who had rushed there, and there were many people who looked drenched in the rain.

Fan and Li Jeong. And it was Tyra.

“… “What happened?”

Sehyun walked towards them and asked with a blank expression. He didn’t say anything through his frozen expression. Countless guides were floating in the air with downcast gazes. Meanwhile, there was also Bill Will with a confused expression.

It’s a pity, but the faces weren’t surprised. There was no way to explain it other than that I had guessed Agatha’s misfortune.

“… Mr. Bill Will, I need to watch the strategy video. “Right away.”

[I think they will all come soon, so I will show them after all the top 10 road players have gathered.]

“brother!”

As soon as Bill Will finished speaking, Lee Jae-young’s shout was heard from behind Se-hyeon. Perhaps because he ran in a hurry, Lee Je-young’s face was drenched in the rain.

“Brother, why is the lady ranked… !”

Sehyun couldn’t answer. The consequences of a hasty answer now seemed scary. Hearing Sehyeon’s silence, Lee Jaeyoung slowly looked at Fan, Rijeong, and Tyra with a lost expression.

“… Come here, Jaeyoung. “When we all get together, we’ll find out.”

Jaeyoung Lee had already experienced this kind of solemnity. That was when his brother closed his eyes. The scene then and the scene now were similar, even though the circumstances, location, and situation were different.

Someone died. And everyone here knew who it was. Still, no one said anything. I’m afraid it will turn into an irreversible situation.

After that, as if they had made an appointment, everyone went to the white space one after another. From the Magic Empire, the Protection Empire, the Dominion Empire, and the Iron Palace Empire.

But they weren’t the only ones who came. A stranger who had never attended the event was present, as if announcing someone’s death.

Sehyeon had already had an emotional conflict with him once. At a federation meeting.

“It seems like I’ve come to a place I shouldn’t have come to.”

The bitter smile that spread across the man’s mouth quickly read the unwelcome atmosphere. He knew he had come to a place where he would not be welcome.

He was Lord ‘Ryoma’ of the ‘Snow Lake Empire Muul’, ranked 11th in the Elix Empire. He was a member of the Choun League who took advantage of Sehyeon’s abilities and arm-wrestled with Numan.

[Now that everyone seems to have gathered, let’s start talking.]

With ten road players gathered to fill Agatha’s vacancy, the bleak story began under the leadership of Billwill.

Just-

In a more solemn atmosphere than ever, everyone’s eyes turned to the tilting mirror. Lee Jae-young’s hand, which held Se-hyeon’s hand tightly, was filled with strength.

[I think you’ve all heard the news about the ranking changes of the top 10 empires. I won’t talk too much. What is important to you now is not anything else but the ‘truth’ that happened inside the tower. What I will show you from now on is the reality that you must accept.]

Real situation. I didn’t realize why I said that until I saw the image in the mirror. The beginning of the panoramic view in the mirror where the brilliant light stayed and passed came from Agatha.

[here… What do you mean by marks? .]

It was a voice filled with regret. The spear was distorted in Agatha’s hand. Agatha and her nineteen retainers stood on a cliff overlooking the world.

But there was no brilliant world before them.

Thump thump thump thump!

All that was visible was a pair of gigantic feet trampling on the world, and the world that was crushed beneath their feet and had already disappeared into shape.

“What is that… . We are not going there to prevent destruction! But why is that place already destroyed?”

As Theo growled fiercely, Agatha’s world had already been destroyed. No one was alive, and all that was visible was the sight of the monster lying dead beneath its feet.

“… “It passes by about 30 times per second.”

Everyone looked at Baluk of the Magic Empire as if surprised by his words. 30 times per second. If that’s true, it wasn’t a level of difficulty that made it possible to beat it.

The only thing I could guess as to why the difficulty level soared was the corruption of the goddess. But, how on earth can you do that?

[Everyone, find your weapons. I think that will come first.]

Agatha calmly came up with a plan to overcome the current situation. While the scattered vassals traveled the world to avoid the monster’s feet and search for weapons, Agatha investigated the ruins of what was presumed to be the empire.

In a place where there was nothing left, crushed corpses, furniture, buildings, and traces of someone’s life remained intact.

After a long walk, Agatha stopped in front of a portrait. It was a portrait of a king on a white horse holding a huge spear. Jet-black hair and Agatha-like golden eyes made me guess who he was.

The man in the picture was the Grand Duke of Agatha.

[…] It seems like you and I have no connection. I thought I could see it from here.]

The lonely words were filled with longing and pity. I could vaguely see that Agatha missed the Archduke a lot.

The scene changed frequently. Agatha and her vassals, and even the feet of a giant monster trampling and moving across the desolate land.

It had been about a week since they entered the Imperial Empire when the vassals of the Cavalry Empire visited Mugu. There were two weapons in total. But there was no way to use it.

[Kehal, I think we need to make a large crossbow with strong tension. Is it possible?]

Agatha suggested to the blacksmith Kehal to make a weapon to use as a weapon. However, the crossbow made in a harsh environment was not enough to function properly. The crossbow was not fully capable of withstanding the weight of the weapon.

Nevertheless, many attempts continued in the mirror. From enticing monsters by burying them in the ground as if setting a trap, to traps that appear to have been attempted by a fallen empire and fierce battles reminiscent of all-out war.

The number of vassals sacrificed in the meantime was five. The monster’s feet keenly recognized the sound, found the place where the vibration sounded, and trampled on it indiscriminately.

The situation would have been different if Agatha had been of a race that could fly, but it was a completely unfavorable situation, both geographically and in terms of conditions.

[Agatha, we will charge with our weapons.]

This was what one of the retainers said when all the mountains were trampled, all the rivers evaporated, and all the terrain disappeared. When they realized the sound, their feet came running like a swarm of bees, as if they were evolving. Unlike the first time, they now reacted quickly to even the slightest sound of words.

[Please trust us just once.]

[I understand. I will lure you from here first. In the meantime, prepare.]

The team was divided into two branches. A team that prepares to attack with weapons on their backs, and a team that lures in to kill time while the assault team prepares. Agatha was on the enticing side.

As soon as they were ready, the cavalry empire’s vassals with weapons on their backs charged towards the feet of the fiercely running monster. The sight of the cavalry empire’s vassals shooting out with light as if crossing the axis of the earth was so fast that it could not be seen. It was ‘charge’, the ultimate skill of the cavalry empire and the greatest attack skill that could concentrate combat power in one place.

Thump thump thump!

The rays of light collided with the feet that were trampling the ground so hard that they could not be seen. The sight evoked a tremendous roar, as if two nuclei had met and exploded.

No one, not even a single finger, watched the scene in silence. Her black fog obscured her vision and a brief moment of silence came. But when the fog cleared, what everyone saw was empty despair.

“That… How… .”

On the top of one of the monster’s feet was a huge sinkhole-like hole. And beneath those ugly feet, there were broken weapons and trampled and torn apart vassals of the cavalry empire.

Everything was trampled. None of the vassals who attacked survived.

Thump thump thump thump!

The monster’s feet did not stop. It poured out sticky tar like blood and trampled the surroundings without stopping, and Jongrae disappeared into the dust.

[at last… This is how it happens.]

Agatha’s sad eyes turned to the cruelly trampled vassals. The monster’s feet are not dead. There is only one chance left.

“… “It’s only possible to kill a couple together.”

A pair, not one. To get rid of the monster’s feet, you had to attack both feet at the same time. However, one of the two weapons was already broken.

Agatha had to make a choice here. And that choice was a sacrifice that everyone, including Sehyun, hoped would not be made.