#Max level talent player episode 516
The smell of blood stings my nose. And the stairs covered in blood. Kim Hyuk-jin had a hunch.
This was a ‘dungeon’. Kim Hyuk-jin turned around and walked back to the semi-basement single room he had originally been in.
I grabbed the door handle.
‘Tsk.’
It stung. It seemed like some special setting was at stake.
‘It seems difficult to open the door right now.’
I’ll have to find another way. If this place has been turned into a dungeon, there must be a way to clear it.
I said it without realizing it.
“Kang Som… … .”
Then I thought it was a mistake. Since I played with Kangsom most of the time, it became a habit. I didn’t feel it when she was around, but I felt uncomfortable when she wasn’t around. If it were Kang Som, she would definitely have come up with a lot of good ideas.
Hyukjin Kim took a few steps. He stood in front of another door. Right in front of Hyukjin Kim. This was the place where a man in his mid-30s, who was often drunk and screaming loudly, lived.
No. B-02.
Hyukjin Kim grabbed the doorknob there. He didn’t sting.
Squeak-
I opened the door.
chin!
At that moment, a hand came out from inside the door and grabbed Kim Hyuk-jin’s ankle. Kim Hyuk-jin reflexively took his foot away, swung Lee Seon, and cut off his wrist.
An unknown man, who was screaming loudly, had collapsed. But it didn’t look painful.
It was full of rotten smell.
‘It’s a corpse.’
That’s right. Grr.
The corpse stood up, twisting strangely.
“Rest in peace.”
Kim Hyuk-jin swung Lee Seon and cut off the corpse’s head. His headless corpse wriggled a few times on the floor, but then stopped moving.
‘I don’t see any special guys.’
Rather than being important that this place is a dungeon, what was important was why this dungeon was related to the previous quest, ‘The Unknown Observer’. I needed more clues.
Everyone in this one-room building where Kim Hyuk-jin was staying was dead and writhing like zombies. Kim Hyuk-jin killed everyone cleanly.
Top floor. He cut off the head of a woman who lived on the 5th floor.
“I’m sorry, ma’am.”
Grrr!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Even the glowing woman collapsed. It was a corpse that had already been turned into a monster, and it dropped an item. It was a bundle of keys.
It was a key with numbers written on it, starting with B-01, B-02, 101, 102, etc. It seemed to be an emergency key for each room. Kim Hyuk-jin went down the stairs again.
‘Where I was was room B-01.’
A place where no sunlight comes in. That place where there was always a musty smell of damp mold. I obtained the key to that place.
‘Ugh.’
Couldn’t open it. The door refused the key.
‘I don’t think you can simply open it with this.’
Kim Hyuk-jin thought for a moment. And he remembered one thing. The keys were given as a ‘package’. He gave me all the keys, not just the key to room B-01.
‘first… … . ‘Let’s search through everything.’
Starting from the 5th floor, where the landlady lived, I decided to look for clues.
There was nothing special on the 5th floor.
There were three rooms on the fourth floor.
Actually, Kim Hyuk-jin didn’t know who lived in this building. All he knew was that he came across someone along the way and that someone lived there.
Room 401.
It seemed like a college couple lived there. Couple items were placed in several places, and there were several sets of clothes that were not properly organized. Oversleeping, the so-called ‘oversleeping’, was also seen. It was black and purple.
‘Nothing’s wrong.’
Room 402.
He was a man in his early to mid 20s. The house was very messy. Now that he’s covered in blood, he’s actually blurred the line between clean and dirty.
It was an ordinary house with a laptop and a man in his early to mid-20s.
‘Not particularly here.’
Room 403.
It seems that a newlywed couple lived here. There were blood-stained wedding photos and baby photos on the walls.
‘This is the baby.’
He looked like a child who had just started walking.
‘No matter how newlyweds are, it’s too cramped to live with a child.’
When I thought about it again, it seemed familiar. I think I ran into her a few times in the hallway.
4th floor. 3rd Floor. Second floor. First floor. Everything was uneventful. Everyone was just like that. A human image that we commonly see around us.
‘I don’t see any clues.’
In the end, we returned to the basement again. I had to think again from the beginning. I wanted to tear this space apart with a lightning bolt, but I put that off for now. It didn’t seem like a quest to simply get out of here. It seems that the ‘unknown observer’ has something he wants to convey. I had to find it.
‘uh?’
Where Kim Hyuk-jin stayed.
A faint yellow light was coming out of the doorknob of B-01. Just in case, I opened it again.
This time, Moon did not reject Kim Hyuk-jin.
‘What’s changed?’
The only thing that changed was that I looked around all the floors. However, the emergency key was stuck in the door.
Crash.
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I opened the door.
When I opened the door, I suddenly felt a bright light. Even Kim Hyuk-jin closed his eyes tightly.
A voice was heard.
“67 talent boards? “You’re talking bullshit.”
The voice seemed familiar. I opened my eyes. This was one room.
‘Song Jin-cheol?’
Song Jin-cheol didn’t seem to be able to see this side. In 2028, Song Jin-cheol was in his 20s.
“You bastard. “It makes you unable to do anything.”
“… … .”
Another person appeared in Kim Hyuk-jin’s eyes. It was Kim Kang-cheol. The person who personally handed over the ‘no talent’ test report to Kim Hyuk-jin.
smart.
A knock was heard.
Kim Hyuk-jin reflexively turned his body. It was towards the door. Kim Hyuk-jin was already back in the semi-basement room.
“I have to inform you of the regrettable results. “I took a re-examination and it was determined that I had absolutely no talent.”
Kim Kang-cheol’s inner thoughts were caught in my senses.
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Status: Feeling sorry/loathing myself for being a coward.
summary :
1) A cowardly head of the Republic of Korea who is in a state of self-destruction
2) A self-admitted hypocrite
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Kim Kang-cheol held out something to Kim Hyuk-jin. It was a talent test.
“I heard that you are studying for the civil service examination. “Cheer up.”
Hyukjin Kim accepted the talent test form.
[No talent.]
Kim Kang-cheol turned around after telling him the bitter result. Hyukjin Kim asked.
“Why do I see 67 talent boards?”
“… … yes?”
Kim Kang-cheol turned around.
“Song Jin-cheol has 44.”
“W-what are you talking about?”
Hyukjin Kim was angry. He didn’t gain new abilities and powers through regression. He was originally full of talent as a player. If he had only been able to awaken, he might have achieved a result that rivals the eight heroes.
My grip tightened without me even realizing it. Kim Hyuk-jin’s eyes turned red for a brief moment and then returned to their original state.
‘Let’s endure.’
Why is the anonymous observer showing this? And is that Kim Kang-cheol really Kim Kang-cheol? Is this really ‘Seoul of 2028’?
When I thought about this, my head went cold. Hyukjin Kim grinned.
“This is a specially created dungeon.”
The stairs were also covered in blood. I don’t know who he was, but he killed everyone in this building and took control of the corpses. In other words, there is someone else. Someone who creates and controls corpses.
“How did you get in here?”
They are pretending to give you a talent test sheet, but this is just a fabricated illusion. I realized it.
‘What happened back then, only I and Kim Kang-cheol know.’
At the time, middle managers were not relaying Kim Hyuk-jin. There was no CCTV installed in the room. However, this ‘being in the shape of Kim Kang-cheol’ just repeated the exact same words that Kim Kang-cheol said.
Even information related to Song Jin-cheol, which Kim Hyuk-jin did not know, was accurately reconstructed and shown.
‘I didn’t really come to the future.’
I was sure.
‘It is a space that has been reconstructed in the same way based on the facts of the time.’
If so, then the facts at that time. Who exactly remembers the facts of 2028?
A person with excellent observation skills who even knows everything about the ‘talentless people’ in the semi-basement room that no one knew about.
“Anonymous Observer.”
Kim Kang-cheol grinned.
“As expected, you are quick-witted.”
“… … .”
Although he has the appearance of Kim Kang-cheol, he is not the real Kim Kang-cheol. All the emotions and states that were read in my senses earlier were created falsely by the ‘unknown observer’.
“Is this current situation being broadcast? Senia. “Is it being broadcast?”
Meanwhile, Senia was embarrassed. I couldn’t see anything. The server was unstable. The servers had been sufficiently expanded. However, it was not broadcast. Kim Hyuk-jin was also nowhere to be seen.
‘Where am I?’
A space full of noise. Trapped in a gray world. This was Senia’s first time experiencing this phenomenon. She felt as if she was in a labyrinth.
‘I have to get out.’
Of course, I couldn’t hear Kim Hyuk-jin’s words. There was no relay either.
An unknown observer said:
“It couldn’t be being broadcast. “The system does not accept regression.”
“… … .”
Kim Hyuk-jin did not answer. This too could be a trap. It may be a matter of finding out whether Kim Hyuk-jin has returned or not.
The unknown observer shrugged his shoulders.
“Good decision. “I would have been disappointed if I had answered.”
“One thing is certain, you seem to be quite free from the laws and rules of the system.”
It seems like he also knows about ‘regression’, which is prohibited by the system. They are preventing Senia from appearing.
“What happened to Senia?”
“Right now I’m trapped in a special space I created. Don’t worry too much. “Once you become the next [Unknown Observer], you will be released on your own.”
“A guardian who imprisons middle managers. “I’ve never heard of it.”
“Because, strictly speaking, I am not a guardian.”
Not a guardian?
It was difficult to understand.
“Some people are guardians from birth, and others become guardians through their achievements. Then, wouldn’t there also be people who are not guardians but can act like one?”
“… … .”
“what. It’s okay even if you don’t understand. Because it’s not that important. “What’s important is how you came back.”
An unknown observer sat on Kim Hyuk-jin’s bed. While sitting down, I looked up at Kim Hyuk-jin.
“ruler. “I will start asking questions about the job change quest.”
Beating monsters and destroying clear crystals didn’t seem to be the way to clear job change quests.
“Are you the examiner?”
“okay. From the moment I appeared in the form of Kim Kang-cheol and showed the story related to Song Jin-cheol, the test had already begun.”
Kim Kang-cheol smiled.
“If you couldn’t control your reason and killed Song Jin-cheol or Kim Kang-cheol.”
“I guess the previous quest ended in failure.”
“answer.”
Kim Kang-cheol was also an unknown observer, and Song Jin-cheol was also an unknown observer. The anonymous observer observed everyone and was everyone in this space.
“I intentionally made everyone in this building kill to make people excited.”
I get excited when I see blood. I get more excited when I kill someone. Even if it is a corpse. Moreover, if you think that there is someone controlling this corpse, you become more nervous and excited.
“After that, Song Jin-cheol was shown to inflame his anger.”
Then the situation reaches its climax. They re-enacted the situation when they brought me the ‘no talent’ test paper, which gave me a sense of despair. Originally, it was supposed to be a test sheet with 67 talent boards on it. In an instant, it was transformed into ‘no talent’.
Honestly, I was really angry. I barely endured it.
The unknown observer continued to grin. Kim Hyuk-jin seemed very satisfied with what he said.
“okay. good. all good. After all, I can be considered the next unknown observer.”
My eyes narrowed.
“The problem is descriptive.”
“… … .”
I sat with my legs crossed. The anonymous observer continued.
“So, who was I? “Why is it here?”
“Is there even a right answer?”
The unknown observer had an ambiguous expression. It seemed like he had a serious expression, but he also seemed to be smiling a little.
“The examiner makes the decision. “I’ll give you 3 minutes to think about it.”
And 3 minutes passed. Hyukjin Kim was able to understand this test. In fact, it was something Kim Hyuk-jin did every day, just in a slightly different form.
‘i get it.’
What the anonymous observer wants.
