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The feeling of a cool blade on my neck.
Kang Cheol-woo was more nervous than ever.
-Shall I tell you how to survive?
So this voice cannot be a lie either.
It was a voice I had definitely heard before, the voice of the rookie member of the Shadow Guild.
‘Transmission of sound!’
Kang Cheol-woo opened both his eyes.
Transmission was a method of conveying meaning without using a sound, similar to message magic used by magic players.
A skill exclusive to the unmanned, that can only be used by those who have reached at least the peak level.
-This isn’t the time to be thinking about that.
“I’ll ask you one last time. Are you willing to die?”
The voices of Lee Ro-woon and Yuk Sa-geol resonated through Kang Cheol-woo at the same time.
-If you drag it any longer, you’ll die. If you want to live, say this.
Iroun’s voice sounded like the devil’s whisper.
-I’ll prove that I’m not a demon.
Lee Ro-woon looked at Kang Cheol-woo and sent a message.
In any case, a clash with the Haenam Guild was essential for his own purposes.
I could have gone out and cleaned it up myself, but because of the special nature of the dungeon, I wanted to use them to minimize damage before meeting Bondeno.
‘Now is the time.’
Sacrificial magic circle.
I didn’t know you’d prepare something like this.
Perhaps this was the best move Bondeno could have made.
Then they are no longer of any use.
‘Follow me. At least I’ll help you not to die.’
What Kang Cheol-woo said to himself.
Kang Cheol-woo was now risking his life to protect it.
‘I don’t hate people like that.’
So I gave it a chance.
It’s up to him to decide whether or not to take the chance.
“Answer me!”
The scream of the six soldiers.
“mind….”
Finally, Kang Cheol-woo’s mouth opened.
“I will prove that I am not a devil.”
Shh.
Lee Ro-un and Yuk Sa-geol smiled at the same time.
“Yes, that’s right. Aren’t you also the ones who receive support from Haenam? You are fighting for the devil. I understand your sacrifice for that cause.”
Swish.
Finally, the sword aimed at Kang Cheol-woo’s neck was taken away.
“Choose your target quickly. There is no time.”
At Yuk Sa-geol’s urging, Kang Cheol-woo turned around and looked at where the players were.
Shiver shiver.
Players are terrified as if they are staring at their impending fate.
Kang Cheol-woo looked at Lee Ro-woon, giving them only a brief glance.
It was as if he was asking what to do.
-Those who will ascend the sacrificial magic circle.
The good news was told through the telegram.
-Send the Shadow Guild.
“… … !”
* * *
A magic circle of sacrifice, with ten people standing on it.
In the middle of it all stood a man with a languid expression, Lee Ro-woon.
“Oh, oh my god… .”
“why….”
There was some cursing coming from the player formation.
“Why won’t it start…?”
Unmanned and players building a defensive line far away.
It was the closest they could get to activating the sacrificial magic circle, because the wall would fall and trap them the moment they stepped up.
They were looking at the sacrificial magic circle without being able to hide their tension.
Ten people went up, but the magic circle still hadn’t been activated.
Kwak.
Kang Cheol-woo bit his lip.
“Why isn’t it working?”
A question from the six soldiers.
“The offering… seems insufficient.”
Sacrificial magic circle.
The number of sacrifices, or humans that must come into contact with each magic circle, varies.
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They don’t even understand that magic circle.
It was a situation where it was not even known how many sacrifices were needed to activate the magic circle.
“Then raise it more.”
The six-year-old girl said it as if it were so obvious.
Bam.
Kang Cheol-woo clenched his teeth so hard that a sharp noise came from his molars.
Kang Cheol-woo saw Lee Ro-woon again.
-Put it up.
Kwak.
-instead.
The devil whispers.
I don’t know how much I should believe, and I don’t even know if there’s a way.
But aren’t they the ones who are directly on the magic circle?
As if you still can’t believe me even after doing this.
– Raise those who need to be saved.
“… … !”
Only then did Kang Cheol-woo realize, even a little, what was going to happen.
I don’t know how it is possible.
‘But it is certain that those who enter the magic circle will live.’
And that choice was given to him.
“What are you doing!”
Kang Cheol-woo looked at the players at Yuk Sa-geol’s shout.
Swish.
Everyone avoided Kang Cheol-woo’s gaze.
It was a natural thing.
Because being called out now was like being told to stick your head into the gallows.
“Kim Min-ho… Go up.”
The first one chosen was a new player who joined the Kyodong Guild this time.
He was a guy who had just turned twenty and was shouting that he would become strong like me later.
Hold on.
Kim Min-ho was seen clenching his fist.
“What are you doing!”
Kim Min-ho, who had been frozen by the shouts of the unmanned soldiers, began to move.
Kim Min-ho suddenly approached Kang Cheol-woo.
“Uh, I won’t… I’ll try. I can’t promise.”
Kang Cheol-woo closed his eyes tightly.
‘Shit.’
I wanted to stop this fucking shit right now and vent all my anger on the 6th grader.
But the result is obvious.
Dying by their blades and losing everything.
If there was no other way to survive, I might have done that.
‘I will believe you.’
If what the devil said was true, then this method would be better.
Shudder.
Kim Min-ho, who had stopped in front of the magic circle, finally took his steps.
Another weight of life is added to the magic circle.
Players prepared for the coming destruction by activating their protective skills and items in front of the drones.
A silence so quiet that you can almost hear the sound of sweat dripping down your face.
“ha…!”
Then my breath came out in a burst.
“Oh, oh my god!”
The magic circle still wasn’t activated, as if there wasn’t enough sacrifice.
“Hee, eek.”
Kim Min-ho tried to pass through the magic circle, trembling as if he was going to pee his pants at any moment.
His will to escape from the fear must have paralyzed his reason.
“Is there anything that would kill everyone?”
A cold voice stopped Kim Min-ho’s movements.
If you try to pass through the magic circle as is, the entire thing connected to the magic circle will collapse.
That rampage will cause even more destruction than the activation of the sacrificial magic circle.
“rather….”
“Just shut up and stand there.”
Kim Min-ho wished they would all just die, but he stood there because of Lee Ro-woon’s cold voice.
“next!”
At the roar of the six soldiers, the chosen ones continued to move towards the magic circle.
“… … .”
The first selected members of the Kyodong Guild silently climbed onto the magic circle, looking at each other with resentful eyes.
Before I knew it, I was nineteen, and there were that many players in the magic circle.
still….
“why-!”
The sacrificial magic circle was not activated.
“Next, upload it.”
The 6th grader said with bloodshot eyes.
The roll call continued.
One weight is added to the magic circle.
“You son of a bitch.”
“I will curse you.”
“Do you think you can live like that?”
As they were pushed by the unmanned people and climbed onto the magic circle, they shouted curses at Kang Cheol-woo.
It was a natural thing.
Because Kang Cheol-woo is pushing them into death right now, but he is not going up himself.
‘How long will it last…?’
I couldn’t finish it even though there was no end in sight.
“Put it up!”
Players continued to climb up at the shouts of the six-legged leader.
The last thirty-eighth player has stepped up.
They were all looking at one place.
“Phew… .”
Two players remaining.
It was Kang Cheol-woo of the Kyo-dong Guild and the old man who was the guild leader of the Gye-yang Guild.
Thirty-eight people had already gone up, and it wouldn’t have been strange if the sacrificial magic circle was activated at any time.
In addition to that.
-I’m thirty-nine.
The voice of Iroun said.
When the thirty-ninth person comes up, the magic circle will activate.
It was now Kang Cheol-woo’s turn to choose the last person who would survive.
“You must have your reasons.”
Kang Cheol-woo, Gye-yang Guild Leader, and Im Ha-sun have been together for a long time.
“I wanted to stand there a long time ago, so I’ll stand now.”
Even though Kang Cheol-woo’s name hadn’t been called, Im Ha-soon was moving towards the magic circle.
‘Yes, this is correct.’
Kang Cheol-woo tightly closed his eyes.
He missed his chance to live.
If I said I didn’t regret it, it would be a lie.
Still.
‘I am not a dog until the last moment.’
There were no more regrets.
The moment when the last Im Ha-soon entered the magic circle… .
“Get ready!”
Now only the drones remained, preparing to stop the explosion.
“… … .”
But nothing happened in the awkward silence that had settled into the passage.
“why?”
Kang Cheol-woo said with a stupid expression.
-There were 40 people, I guess. What are you doing?
In the center of the magic circle, Iroun seemed to be laughing and giggling.
-Come up.
Dumb Kang Cheol-woo.
“What are you doing?”
The six-year-old girl pushed Kang Cheol-woo’s back with her sword.
“Go up. I will not forget your cause.”
Kang Cheol-woo opened his closed eyes as he was pushed by the scabbard.
Now I don’t even know what’s what.
The feeling that whatever happens will happen.
Unlike those who had been hesitant to take a step outside of the Shadow Guild, Kang Cheol-woo approached the magic circle without hesitation.
“So this is what happens in the end.”
Im Ha-soon’s voice filled with sorrow.
“Shit.”
Those who had cursed Kang Cheol-woo also turned their heads away without being able to properly look at his face.
I really thought it was the last time, and it was the moment when Kang Cheol-woo climbed onto the magic circle.
Woof woof woof woof!
A bright glow began to permeate the magic circle that had never changed before.
“Activate! Prepare!”
The six-year-old girl shouted and swung her sword, creating a sword barrier.
Other masters also prepared for the explosion by raising their self-defense energy to the max.
An explosion bursting out from the magic circle.
That explosion….
Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwak!
It started from the passageway.
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“Keep on! Keep on!”
An explosion of a completely different scale from the magic circles we’ve encountered so far while passing through dungeons.
It was an explosion that wouldn’t have been strange if the dungeon itself had collapsed.
“A, Alive… Kellogg! Are you alive?”
The players standing on the magic circle were coughing from the smoke and had faces of disbelief.
Even though their bodies are charred and covered in soot.
“Hey, you’re alive!”
They were alive.
“What happened…?”
“An explosion erupted from the passageway!”
It was indeed true.
A huge explosion that could destroy the entire dungeon.
It burst out from the passage, not from above the magic circle.
As if to prove that fact, the place where the unmanned people had been standing just now had completely collapsed, leaving only rubble.
The skin exposed between them.
“Uh, how….”
Kang Cheol-woo also muttered in disbelief.
A proposal that was accepted because it seemed there was no other way.
And it wasn’t the devil.
“Didn’t I tell you that I’ll show you a way to survive?”
Kang Cheol-woo quickly looked at the owner of the voice at the languid voice.
He stood there, surrounded by Shadow Guild members, his face spotless.
“Useless things.”
“It is our job to ensure that there is no harm to the body.”
They muttered something they didn’t understand.
“Oh, I knew it… Huh?”
Kang Cheol-woo said to Lee Ro-woon.
The explosion of the sacrificial magic circle will occur from the passage, not above the magic circle.
“If you think about the axis and shape of the magic circle, and its three-dimensional shape, you can easily understand it. In the first place, that’s what a sacrificial magic circle is. If you try to pass through it, it will go berserk and collapse, right? It’s connected to the passage of the magic circle. The wall that blocks the escape route when you stand on the magic circle is proof of that.”
It was an unintelligible sound.
“Four, forty people are sacrificed too?”
“That’s not it.”
Lee Ro-un tapped the floor with his foot, thump, thump.
“I modified it a bit. I can’t draw or activate the magic circle right now, but I can modify it to some extent. The original activation condition for the magic circle is one sacrifice.”
Everyone who heard Lee Ro-woon’s words broke out in a cold sweat.
If that’s the case, then doesn’t that mean that the moment someone steps onto the sacrificial magic circle, everyone in the passage will explode and die?
“ha ha ha….”
Kang Cheol-woo laughed as if he had lost his mind.
-39 people, 40 people.
What on earth was that?
At that time, I felt a sense of relief at being alive, a sense of emptiness, and confusion at this unbelievable event.
Ddddddddd!
The debris piled in the passage began to shake.
“Noooooohh!”
Within, a scream as if an explosion was about to occur once again rang out.
bang!
The exploding debris was pouring out dark energy like rough waves towards Iroun.
