How to Survive as a Player Chapter 227

#227

[I said I would definitely go back to everyone… . It seems that the skill that appeared on me was not the last one, but was intended to eliminate that thing.]

[Agatha… .]

[Everyone, please prepare. This time, I will go with you. I tried to change it somehow… It seems like it was too much.]

Light began to pool in Agatha’s solemn body. Agatha plunged the spear in her hand into the barren ground. It was the first time since she had seen Agatha that she had put her weapon out of her hand.

“no… .”

Tyra’s crying overlapped with the view in the mirror. Agatha put down her weapon and a huge weapon was placed on her shoulder. The remaining vassals of the cavalry empire also helped carry the weapons. Before I knew it, the light that had enveloped Agatha became a red dawn and burned far away.

When I encountered the giant foot that had returned after circumnavigating the continent, its light burned to the point of being vast.

The sound of violent footsteps pounding the ground made my heart race. Looking at their shapes alone, the difference in size between the monster and Agatha was as stark as that of a human being and a grain of sand.

The monster that discovered Agatha began running at a frightening speed, like a zombie that had found its prey. The speed of the pounding feet was unbelievably fast. The pressure that seemed to be crushing and bursting was clearly revealed on the distorted earth.

[Everyone, don’t think this path is wrong. The path you think is probably the right path. so… .]

The ground beneath Agatha’s feet began to sink hard. When the surrounding ground was crushed and violent air currents began to sweep the battlefield, Agatha’s new model was launched from the spot at high speed. Everyone vaguely guessed what that skill was. That was Donggwijin.

A particularly dazzling smile appeared on Agatha’s lips. She was not even shaken, as if she knew she was going to die. Her sacrifice was humbly accepted, and she considered it her duty.

Immediately after, a world came where all sound seemed to have disappeared, albeit for a moment. Images as if time had stopped were captured in the mirror like pictures.

That time was replayed like a clockwork when light and darkness collided and created a tsunami-like explosion.

The last silent words were spoken in a white, crumbling world.

[Everyone please… I’d like to ask you to come back.]

The shape of Agatha’s mouth disappearing into the light conveyed that. It was her last ‘will’ she left behind.

What followed was a world in complete darkness. All screens disappeared, and the mirror became black, as if it had been coated with ink.

Tyra’s new form, standing not far away, collapsed as if torn down. She was saying that her listless expression was all over.

As usual, everyone was frozen and unable to open their mouths. Only Billwill’s stern voice informed her of the facts of her current situation.

[The difficulty level that the Cavalry Empire had to go through was a lower difficulty level than this. The timing of the destruction was also wrong. Our guides concluded that this phenomenon was an accelerated corruption of the Goddess. Unfortunately, the difficulty of the tower is expected to increase further in the future.]

“… It gets higher than this… ?”

Someone’s dazed voice rang out. It was only later that Sehyun looked away. My vision was blurry and a cold feeling rose up in my throat several times. My eyesight turned black with anger and gloom.

When Se-hyeon came to her senses after being swayed by indescribable emotions for a long time, she was holding Jae-young Lee’s hand tightly. Everyone had the same expression on their faces as Sehyun. Yes, Sehyun was better. At least he already conquered the tower.

“… There is no solution to this… Are you afraid?”

Sehyeon asked in a cracking voice. There were signs from the time of Lee Jae-young. Unlike Se-hyeon, when the goddess’s consideration was excessive, there was no notable help for Lee Jae-young.

Most likely, the goddess’ contamination had been eroded long ago. I didn’t know that it was only something that had surfaced since Lee Jae-young’s time, and that it might not have been sudden.

And if what Bill Will said was true, the next level of difficulty had to be considered difficult enough to risk one’s life. So much so that I can’t break it.

[Unfortunately, this will be difficult unless the goddess chooses to fall asleep on her own. The contaminated judgment of Luzevia is becoming increasingly blurred, so it is currently impossible to estimate whether there will be a barrier or not and how the difficulty of the tower will change in the future.]

“Then attack the tower where you might die like this? What is the reason for reporting this situation? “Didn’t you tell me there was a solution?”

Fenn stepped forward with a stern look and asked on behalf of everyone. If we attacked like this, everyone’s lives would be as good as dead. The guides probably knew this too, so they told us about it.

[Currently, our guides are making numerous attempts to contact Luzebuia to communicate with her. However, since the Goddess does not respond to this, I plan to go into her cognitive world and meet her directly. However, this is also difficult unless it is at a time when Luzebuia-sama’s power is at its strongest.]

“When is that point?”

[Can we say this is the point at which the tower’s attack is successful?]

It was said that at least one more time in the future, someone would have to attack the tower in extreme difficulty. And those parties were everyone except Sehyeon and Lee Jaeyoung. Even Ryoma, who attended this event for the first time today.

At that time, someone walked out through the dark air.

“So, where is the next Implementation Empire?”

It was Baek Do-hyun. Baek Do-hyeon, with haggard black eyes, asked Bill Will with his eyes fiercely open. Bülwil silently lifted his fingers and snapped them.

The image of the empire reflected on the surface of the mirror was cloudy. The empire, a mixture of modern and ancient styles that melted into the black night, was solemn, but had an isolated appearance. The sight of an old tower rising unusually high amidst the bitter winds blowing evoked a sense of familiarity.

[The next Implementation Empire on the 93rd floor.]

This was also an empire that Sehyun knew well. A place where there are three princes with different personalities and a king who gave them everything.

[This is ‘Mainul, the ruling empire.’]

It was Baek Do-hyeon’s empire.

Unexplained grief broke out here and there. In fact, Baek Do-hyun was just standing there with a calm expression. Suddenly, Baek Do-hyeon’s eyes turned to Tyra, who was sitting on the floor.

Tyra was muttering something that she didn’t know to whom.

“… This time too, my dream… “You’re wrong.”

Her cheeks, which were clearly marked with dried tear stains, showed pity. Tyra laughed hollowly, not even caring about her messy hair.

“… Baek Do-hyeon.”

Baek Do-hyeon did not answer. The thin thread that connected the two had already broken long ago. Neither Baek Do-hyun nor Tyra tried to reconnect that bond. From the beginning, the string was thin.

“The sacrifices Agatha went through… “I thought it was your responsibility.”

Tyra calmly and in a hollow voice conveyed the truth that had been hidden for so long. No, that was the intention.

“I had no doubt that you would master the skill. and… When you learned a skill, you tried to steal it and use it later. Even though it’s a one-time thing, for me… “I have the skill to steal.”

When a person’s perspective narrows, they begin to completely believe what someone says. Even though I knew it wasn’t true, there were times when I wanted to believe, and times when I had to believe. Because I’m desperate.

Baek Do-hyun was in such a situation. I was impatient and desperate, so I had no choice but to grab something.

“Give me your skills… . This is a story about entering the tower and risking your life like Agatha is now… . that is… “It was your role and sacrifice in my dream.”

Tyra was now saying that Agatha’s sacrifice was originally Baek Do-hyeon’s. But in the end, until today, Baek Do-hyun was unable to master the skills that Tyra wanted.

“Why are you saying this now… You might be curious. Nothing special. You’re going to die soon anyway… It’s telling you to give up. Like Agatha… Don’t be so absorbed in the cause that you become inferior. Now that I see it… “There is nothing more useless than that.”

“Tira, why are you saying that? “Have you forgotten our intentions?”

“Look, Mr. Theo… . Everything is gone. Her dream of becoming a duke, Agatha, and her skills that were there for her… I can’t use it anymore. I thought my skills were created to support Agatha… But, it wasn’t.”

“Tira, I need to stabilize myself first. “Think about it later.”

“With what kind of heart do I have…” Mr. Theo, you know what kind of determination you had to get to this point. Sacrificing so many people… You know how I felt to come to this place… !”

Tyra refused Theo’s hand to help her up and stood up on her own. Tira wiped his tear-stained cheek with the back of his hand and looked at Baek Do-hyeon. He had angry eyes.

“So, Baek Do-hyun… “Prove it.”

“… … .”

“What I said was wrong, my dream was wrong, and the path I walked was wrong… Come back alive and prove it. Until then… “Because I don’t believe it.”

It was a gaze filled with evil. Tyra staggered away from the scene, leaving behind only those words. If he was in a position to be angry, that person should actually have been Baek Do-hyun. However, Baek Do-hyeon just looked down at where Tyra was standing and did not show any expression or action.

It was an unknown expression and gaze. Se-hyeon stopped Lee Jae-young, who was trying to approach Baek Do-hyeon, and shook his head slightly.

After a long silence, Baek Do-hyeon slowly turned around. And then he disappeared without leaving behind just one word.

“I will go on this attack alone.”

Those words stayed in the heightened atmosphere until everyone was torn apart. Those words were like an echo to Sehyeon, who stayed until the end.