How to Survive as a Player Chapter 239

#239

Dull footsteps rang out. There were only three who came out without hesitation. Kwak Jeong-han, Aul, and Numan.

[…] From the looks of it, it doesn’t seem to be there anymore.]

Bill Will’s eyes swept across the audience. There were only a few people who caught a glimpse of hope in this silent space. Most kings disparaged Kwak Jeong-han’s actions as foolish. The furrowed eyebrows said it, and the shaking of the head proved it.

[Please prepare the three of you. We will open the door as soon as the guides are ready.]

I could hear the sound of calm waves approaching. Billwill looked out into the night of the vast ocean and whispered her distant hope. It was a chaotic night.

***

The rain fell non-stop. Sehyun gazed endlessly at the panoramic view from inside the tower. Until the darkest night passed and the day dawned, everyone, including Sehyeon, crouched in place and did not move.

It had already been several hours since I waited, wondering if this darkness might be night. The mainspring of the clock, which had been turned all the way, was unwound twice, and when Sehyeon was winding the mainspring for the third time, although faint, he saw the darkness clearing.

It was a moment when sighs were engraved on the faces of the people who were spending time crouching inside the tower.

“The day is getting brighter.”

Everyone watched the scene in silence until a faint light appeared in the world. The silence was heavy, and the floating air was wet. It felt like an eternity, possibly the last morning.

Perhaps because everyone implicitly foresaw the horror of the coming struggle, each minute and second felt long.

“I don’t think it will get any brighter than this, so I need to get ready.”

The one who broke the seemingly blank time was Sehyun. The dark sky with pouring rain no longer became bright. The vision remained as bright as a foggy dawn. It wasn’t that far, but it was enough to make out the surroundings.

“Everyone, get ready.”

As if those words were the starting point, everyone began to drink potions to prepare for depletion of mana. Sehyeon also drank several magic potions one after another. The back was empty. At this point where I couldn’t fly, my wings were my only weakness.

“Even if you die, you won’t blame anyone, right? Let’s not forget, everyone, that if you do well, it’s your fault, and if you do poorly, it’s your fault.”

“Why don’t you do better, Li Jeong?”

“Tira, there’s no need to deal with a guy like that. If you are in danger, I will definitely save you. “Nothing will be able to penetrate my protection skills.”

“I’ll try to eat as much as I can, at least the head. “Brother, be careful.”

“Ha, now that’s it, let’s get ready, shall we?”

Conversations continued to relieve tension. Sehyeon strapped a magic gun to his waist and took out his bow. Although the magic gun is convenient, the bow was superior in terms of power when casting <Depth of Love>.

Therefore, it was more advantageous for Sehyun to use them alternately depending on the situation.

“Who are you going to leave first?”

“I will go out and clear the way first with my protection skills. “I think it would be best to start by dealing with the monsters near the tower.”

Theo immediately answered Sehyun’s question. Theo twisted the bridge of his nose and looked at the monsters wandering outside the tower.

“Then let’s kill as much as we can from the top of the tower. “If you jump off the tower, you won’t be able to come back, so everyone, brace yourselves.”

Once Ryoma begins to freeze sea water to create a path, he cannot retreat. He was told that he would never be able to return to the tower. It may not be said that there was only one chance, but everyone had one life at stake. It was a situation where a small slip could lead to death.

“I hope everyone doesn’t forget what I said earlier.”

“Hey, what is this?”

“Let’s go as we said.”

“I wish you luck.”

“I hope we can meet each other alive.”

Everyone left their last words. Sehyeon was listening to that, and when Theo curled his body and prepared to jump out, he cast a skill.

[‘Allies’ cast the wide area buff ‘Depth of Grace LV.9’.]

[Casts the ‘ally’ wide area buff ‘Depth of Trust LV.7’.]

[‘Allies’ cast the wide-area buff ‘Solidarity LV.2’.]

Theo’s body was launched into a battlefield where he could not look back. Everyone looked at him with stern gaze as he cut through the rain.

Soon, the sound of something cracking resounded throughout the area. A huge iron wall rose like a tall castle in front of Theo. Theo grabbed the handle that appeared on the surface of the iron wall, opened his mouth, and swung with all his might at the charging monsters.

Quang-!!

Rainwater splashed in all directions, monsters were cut off by the iron wall with their heads swinging, and they fell pattering to the bottom of the sea. Due to his aggressive strength, veins that looked like they were about to burst appeared on Theo’s arms.

Lee Jeong and Lee Jae-young followed quickly. Lee Jae-young’s figure, lying down on all fours, became gigantic with each step. It had grotesque fangs and sharp claws the size of a human.

Jaeyoung Lee fiercely bit the neck of the charging monster and brutally cut its body apart with his sharp nails.

Li Jeong was the same. The sad eyes she always had were now just sad. Every time Li Jeong’s sharply torn eyes looked somewhere, his new form flew through the air and cut off the monster’s head and body.

“We are going to make a turn, so everyone jump into the sea to see the situation.”

Baek Do-hyeon, Baluk, and Hume followed suit, and virtually all of the main combat personnel had to be considered to have jumped out of the tower. All that remained were now non-combat personnel, including Sehyun.

Among them, Tyra spread her folded wings and walked forward.

“There are too many. It would be best for me to split the group by luring some monsters from above. “It looks like you two will have to protect Theo and Ryoma.”

“Yes, that would be better.”

Sehyeon nodded as he watched the monsters viciously attacking him. If possible, he preferred to split his group while away from the tower.

“If you feel like you need to use ‘that skill,’ send a signal with the one I gave you earlier. “I’ll use it right away.”

Tyra glanced at the small flute hanging around Sehyeon’s neck and smiled indifferently. When a violent wind blew from her wings, Tyra’s new form disappeared without a trace.

“We prepare too.”

Sehyeon turned the protective brooch she wore inside her clothes and took out her bow. Some monsters were seen moving away from the tower, following Tyra, who disappeared into a dot.

The muzzle of a silver-rimmed gun held by a fan suddenly popped out next to Sehyeon. The tip of the gun was pointed at the monsters beyond the door.

A bright blue light appeared at the tip of the gun. A brilliant light appeared at the tip of Sehyeon’s arrowhead. The two lights shot out at almost the same time, bursting into raindrops.

As soon as he heard the explosion of something, Sehyun quickly stretched his legs out of the tower. From here and there, snakes with their mouths open began to lunge, twisting their thick bodies.

The one who blocked their path was Theo, who ran towards them while breathing heavily. Blocking the monster’s head with a huge iron wall, he pushed the wall away with all his might and pushed the monsters away at once. The terrible sound of the monsters’ bodies being crushed and exploding behind the iron wall could be heard.

“Hey, I’m fine, so don’t say anything…” “Don’t do it.”

Theo shook his head and said something that no one had asked. In the distance, Lee Jeong, Lee Jae-young, and Hume could also be seen approaching where Se-hyeon was in a difficult situation.

“and… “It’s endless, really.”

By the time Li Jeong’s powerful words rang out as if they were disgusted, everyone was on the battlefield with their backs turned to each other and looking at the monsters surrounding them. The monster’s blood and flesh had already piled up everywhere, forming a mountain.

“Mr. Hume, can you do a wide range?”

Sehyeon asked, keeping an eye on the monsters devouring the decapitated bodies of their compatriots. The monster’s blood pooled with rainwater and became the Han River, lapping at my feet.

“It’s possible.”

Hume took a deep breath and answered briefly. I noticed that he had used his skills to their limit several times. And now, Hume was holding the iron bow tightly with trembling fingertips. His limit has not been reached yet.

“please.”

Everyone took out a magic potion and took a few sips. Just as the small bottle was falling into fragments and rolling on the floor, Hume, who was shoulder to shoulder with Sehyeon, jumped up into the air using only his legs.

The world flashed. In a world pale with flashes of light, Hume roared with breathtaking spirit.

“<Lightning>!!”

And countless iron arrows appeared in the air. Arrows so dense that they covered not only the tower but also the entire area appeared like a honeycomb over the space where Hume jumped.

It was a rain of arrows, a wide area skill that only the Iron Palace Empire could use. When Hume let go of the arrow that had been stopped in the air, it descended with fierce force and struck.

It literally looked like lightning had struck. Dozens of monsters were hit by hundreds of millions of arrows and sank to the bottom of the sea with their entire bodies turned into honeycombs. The companions also moved quickly through the gap where blood fountains were rampant.

“Move quickly!”

Ryoma was the first to jump out and throw himself into the sea at Sehyeon’s shout. Ryoma skipped over the mountain of corpses of monsters and jumped down the tower without hesitation. He was shot down as a large amount of thin ice erupted from his arm.

A long ice road appeared over the sea, accompanied by a clanging noise. After that, one by one, the party members began to jump out and land on the ice road.