Episode 3: False Strategy
What the heck? What the hell is going on here?
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Aside from the questions piling up in my head, my body lost all strength and I fell to the floor.
A view that matches the goblin I killed.
As I raised my gaze past the empty pupils of the goblin, I saw another goblin.
A guy shaking his ribs while covered in blood that is clearly mine.
He holds a knife in one hand.
It’s a familiar knife. It’s something I personally attached to my backpack.
When did you steal it?
No, why are you there before that?
“Keep clicking. Keep clicking.”
“Ugh!”
Do I look funny?
A goblin, laughing with his teeth exposed, kicked me in the side.
A pain so severe that it makes your brain tingle.
The wound splits open and blood gushes out.
At first glance, the bleeding is severe. It’s hard to breathe.
Vision also becomes slightly blurred.
I think the organ was stabbed properly.
Liver? Maybe the lungs were punctured as well.
My face contorts involuntarily.
“…Why on earth?”
Is it because of the bleeding? I thought as my consciousness faded away.
I clearly said that only one goblin appears on the first floor.
Numerous credible hunters, heads of guilds, and even the government have spoken out.
There’s only one goblin on the first floor.
[Tip. Goblins live in groups.]
[Tip. Goblins are good at stealing things. Be careful.]
A tip message that pops up with a cheerful notification.
Who doesn’t know that one of the most common monsters is the goblin.
But on the first floor.
“Ha. Shit.”
Suddenly I burst out laughing.
What’s on the first floor? Only one goblin appears there?
No matter what others say, I have personally seen two of them.
No matter how much you try to refute or rationalize, reality does not change.
When I’m half-conscious, the situation becomes clear.
The strategies spread by the government and guilds are wrong.
It’s funny how the government and the guild, who couldn’t kill each other, got along so well.
“You little shi*s.”
Even if you find out, it’s too late.
I’ve already been stabbed and I’m dying.
I wish I could drink a potion, but my hands won’t move.
Consciousness became distant, regardless of will.
[Died.]
[Coins will be deducted.]
[Go to the save point.]
I could faintly hear a notification sound.
Luckily, I guess I still have some coins left.
* * *
“Huh!”
I took a deep breath and opened my eyes.
As I quickly looked around, a familiar space came into view.
Starting point of the tower. Lobby.
I wasn’t as surprised as the first time, because I heard it clearly this time.
Go back to the save point.
“Damn.”
I looked at my body. There was still pain in my side where the goblin had stabbed me.
As he was resurrected, all his wounds were healed.
I think I’m just nervous. I might have phantom pain or something.
“Phew.”
I sigh.
I never thought I’d blow my coins so absurdly.
It’s not anything else, but it feels even worse because I got attacked by a goblin.
I sat up, chewing my lips.
“Should we consider it as one left now?”
This is already the second death.
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Considering that the average person has 3 coins, this could be considered as having one left.
Assuming that I have the average amount of coins.
If you’re unlucky, this might be your last time.
“Government, guild bastards.”
I suddenly became very angry.
A guide to conquering the tutorial section that has been plastered all over the internet.
I even heard that it is included in survival education at school.
“But that was a lie.”
Not one. Two.
Maybe there’s more hidden.
If you think about it, there was no explanation that only one beggar appeared even though the clear condition was to kill one.
A subtle pun. I thought that only one would come out, as it was combined with the things I had been taught by rote.
I stroked my chin and thought about it.
“For what reason?”
Why did the government and the guild do this? What benefit was there?
Is it really necessary to deliberately deceive people and kill them?
Putting everything else aside, how are you going to clean up the mess?
If I were you, I would have protested if I went outside right now.
“wait for a sec.”
Did anyone from the tower protest to the government and the guild?
I was very interested in towers and hunters.
Because I was constantly checking out related news, blogs, YouTube channels, and magazines.
I recalled all the information I knew.
Stories from hunters posted on internet communities, official government data, and articles like flyers.
There was a controversy about the wrong strategy there… … .
“doesn’t exist.”
No matter how hard I try to recall, there isn’t a single line. Not even in the brief interview was there any mention of a tutorial strategy.
I got goosebumps.
“What the hell happened?”
I didn’t really care at the time.
Because anyone would want to hear about the experiences of those upstairs rather than the tutorial walkthroughs that can be found with just a little searching.
This part is weird.
They must have known that their strategy was wrong, so why didn’t they reveal it?
“It may not be that I didn’t do it, but that I couldn’t do it.”
There may have been some kind of pressure put on them.
Either legally or physically.
Because the government hides things that are unfavorable or dangerous.
“But what if individuals can’t control it?”
There are just a few people who can’t make it through the tutorial section and come out.
Whatever it was, they would have also challenged the first floor, so they would have noticed that there were several goblins.
There are many places where you can post, such as anonymous sites, SNS, and overseas portal sites.
That you can post as many articles as you want if you put your mind to it.
In practice, it is nearly impossible for the government to control it.
“Even if it weren’t for the Internet, wouldn’t it be possible for people to meet up, have a drink, and chat?”
The company I worked for also had one, but it’s now gone.
A person who was summoned to the top and returned. Marketing Department Manager Kim.
He would brag about it whenever there was a company dinner, as if it was something to brag about.
“Manager Kim, that guy also said that he tried to get to the third floor and then came back.”
Even at that time, I was very interested in the tower, so I asked all kinds of questions.
Even when he was drunk, he never said the information was wrong.
It was too natural to say it was hidden on purpose.
“I don’t know.”
There is something I don’t know.
Maybe it’s just the tutorial I went through that’s different.
I may have overreacted.
For now, pretending not to know would be a good idea.
“I can’t do that.”
If the government and the guild really did intentionally spread the wrong strategy, they will be made to pay the appropriate price.
Preventing the development of already insufficient hunters. That was an insult to those like me who lost their families, friends, and jobs to monsters.
I did something I shouldn’t have done.
And above all.
“I died because of them.”
Snap. I gritted my teeth.
A once in a lifetime opportunity.
I started out by spending one coin because of those trash hunters.
But this time I blew another one because of the wrong strategy.
How long have I waited for this day? How much have I suffered to endure it!
Since ancient times, those who play with other people’s lives should be treated equally.
Like those guys who threw me in front of the hound before I was called to the tower.
“Phew.”
I took a deep breath. I was so excited right now.
Even if you act calmly, you can’t do this when you’re on the verge of death.
It hasn’t been confirmed yet.
Even if it really comes to light, there’s nothing we can do right now.
Because it’s a government and a large guild.
The story is that if I just keep going, my head will just break.
So let’s just make a plan. A way to f*ck safely.
I took a moment to gather my thoughts and soon I was able to come up with an idea.
In the end, what I had to do was decided.
“Let’s go up.”
Even to use that method, you have to climb the tower to become a high-level hunter.
What I’m saying is that nothing is solved by being here.
This time, we can’t let our guard down.
Let’s move forward assuming that the strategy is wrong and erase what we previously knew.
After all, the only one I can trust is myself.
I entered the portal.
-Ss …
[Enter the first floor.]
“Keep clicking. Keep clicking.”
Back on the first floor.
As expected, there was a goblin standing in the empty lot.
It looks like the monster has respawned.
Well, if it was permanently destroyed by killing it, the tower would have been conquered long ago.
-Swoosh
Unlike last time, I lowered my posture.
First of all, I can’t let him see me.
There were some differences apart from the monsters.
“I don’t have a knife.”
The backpack and dagger he was carrying were returned to the lobby as is, but the knife that was taken was not returned.
What does that mean?
The dropped equipment is in their hands.
And the guy who stabbed me was nowhere to be seen.
It must be hiding somewhere.
[Goblin Dealing (0/1)]
The clear conditions have also been reverted to their original state.
Even if you achieve the clear conditions, if you die and can’t move on, you’ll have to start over from the beginning.
“Tsk. I wish you had just let it go.”
There’s nothing I can do.
After gathering my wits, I moved slowly, trying to minimize my movements as much as possible.
I have no intention of going to the vacant lot. I am thinking of drawing a circle with the vacant lot as the center.
Because you never know where the other goblins might be hiding.
Death is painful, but it is not without its harvest.
First of all, that guy is bait.
A role that provokes me without knowing for sure that I will lose.
While I was looking, another goblin approached and attacked me.
“Clever bastards.”
You’re setting a trap on the subject of goblins.
I have no intention of hanging out with them now that I know what they’re up to.
Ignore that guy. Instead, let’s aim for another guy who’s hiding somewhere.
I walked slowly, but thoroughly aware of my senses.
With a dagger in one hand, ready to stab at any time.
* * *
[1st floor]
[Goblin Kill (0/1)]
“Okay.”
The goblin hiding in the bushes stared blankly at the notification window floating in the air.
It was an unknown character, but when it appeared, I knew someone was coming in.
And that we have to kill that guy.
It was a kind of instinct. It was like an imprint that I had to do it.
But the goblins had no weapons and no proper group.
“Keep going.”
It’s not like there weren’t any at all though.
A total of 4. That was the number of goblins on the first floor.
The people who came through the portal were diverse, but they had one thing in common.
Most of them were taller than them and they couldn’t win without any weapons.
Except for the occasional person who gets scared and gives in.
“Kiruruk.”
So the goblins made a plan.
While one is stalling, the other two will finish it off.
If you die before then, there’s nothing you can do.
So one settled in the empty lot and two settled in the bushes.
The one left?
He positioned himself as far away from the open space as possible.
Because the goblins had two roles to play on this first floor.
First, kill any humans that come in.
Second, protect your treasure.
Even if the first three die, the remaining one will run away with the treasure.
Fortunately, the humans who entered here went through the portal that was created when they caught one.
So, if the person who came in was judged to be too strong, he would wait until the one in the empty lot died.
If I had rushed in without thinking, I could have died along with them.
You can also protect your treasures while doing your job.
Of course, it wasn’t always like that.
Goblins are a fundamentally greedy race.
Although he said he was using his head, it was true that his instincts were stronger than his reason, and if the person who came in just now had a lot of luggage, he would pounce on them.
The knife that the goblin crouching in the bushes is holding was also obtained that way.
A sort of loot. The goblin holding the dagger smirked.
-Tiring!
[Goblin Kill (1/1)]
“Keeeeeek?”
I soon had a gut feeling that something was wrong.
