A story about a max level player’s 100th return, Episode 46
46. Infinite bondage
“Kill!”
“Holy shit!”
A bloody melee broke out.
A fight between hundreds of humans and thousands of goblins.
[Wow, you’re still doing better than the first time.]
Artaros leisurely looked down from the sky at the battle between the gods who had been downgraded to humans.
[Now I understand why humans like watching fights and watching fire. It’s pretty fun.]
In fact, I don’t know how fortunate I am to have been selected as a guide.
If it weren’t for that, he might have been rolling around with goblins in that meadow.
Of course, death was the reward for Artaros, but he had no intention of feeling that much pain.
‘Even if you die, the cycle of pain only starts again from the first round… . It’s a relief to be watching as a guide.’
Anyway, the game is slowly getting loose.
This is because the number of goblins has become similar to that of humans.
[I said it was somehow less fun to watch… The number of people is getting similar. Now then, shall we have fun again?]
Artaros snapped his fingers, and the corpses disappeared and new goblins were added.
“You’re coming again!?”
“Artaros! “Are you really like this?”
[It’s something I can’t help. Don’t worry about surviving while blaming others.]
After a fierce battle, only 250 of the 500 or so Shins survived.
Of course, it was just the number of people killed by goblins, so there had to be a separate time for settlement.
[Those who have not caught 100 goblins will all be sent to Tartarus.]
“Now, wait a minute, Artaros! “I just need to catch one more?”
“Oh, no! I don’t like Tartarus… !”
Of the 250 people who did not achieve the goal, 90 disappeared in an instant.
At most, 160 people passed the first round.
Among them, Gaia, Chaos, and Plunictos ranked 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the district rankings.
[Then we will start round 2 after an hour of rest.]
* * *
“Gaia. “What is the next round mission?”
“This is a round where district representatives are decided through voting.”
“District representative? what is that?”
Gaia explained to the gods while waiting.
Of these, the only person who knew anything about the round was Gaia, the designer.
[Remaining break time: 00:00:00]
[Break time has ended.]
[Move to the start point of round 2.]
The gods who were in the grassland were moved to an open space surrounded by a forest.
Artaros appeared and continued his explanation as usual.
[This second round is about voting. All you have to do is decide who to vote for for 3 hours to survive… … .]
It was just as Gaia explained.
[Then spend 3 hours to discuss who will be the district representative.]
When Artaros disappeared, Chaos turned his head to Gaia.
“you. Now tell me. “What is the strategy for round 2?”
“Gaia. Can you really survive just by voting?”
“It’s not a trap, is it? “Isn’t there some kind of hidden quest?”
As everyone asked curiously, Gaia chuckled.
“Everyone, listen to me carefully. This round is not a resting round. Rather than voting, you should go into that forest and catch monsters. “It’s more important than anything to reach level 10 and change jobs.”
“Oh oh. After all, Gaia!”
“I will only trust Gaia!”
Gaia knew information that even Artaros did not tell her.
This came as a huge advantage to the gods who became players.
It also became an opportunity for me to have no choice but to blindly trust Gaia.
Maybe that’s why Gaia took first place when voting.
[You have become a district representative.]
[I have received the right to command, which is the representative’s unique authority.]
[More information can be found in the skill section of the status window.]
Gaia checked the message, but she didn’t look very happy.
Most of the 160 people reached level 10 and got jobs.
Considering that it could not be used on people who had changed jobs, the right to command was useless for now.
‘If this happens, the meaning of being a district representative will be lost, but this is the best. ‘It is more advantageous for survival to coexist and move forward rather than competing and attacking each other like stupid humans.’
Gaia’s judgment was right.
Although we did not have the advantage of being a district representative, we were able to easily protect the artifacts in round 3 thanks to everyone having a job.
There were few people injured.
‘If the artifact is broken in the third round, an agent of heavenly punishment will appear as a penalty. ‘I’ll never be able to catch him like that.’
The black scythe was exceptional, and without any special runes, there was no way we could catch the agent of heavenly punishment.
[Hoo. You passed round 3. Congratulations. But it will be difficult to cooperate in round 4. Hehe, then we will take another 1 hour break and proceed with round 4.]
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When Artaros disappeared, the 40 survivors, reduced to a quarter, all looked back at Gaia.
“Round 4?”
“What is round 4? Gaia?”
Gaia said bitterly.
“… “It’s a mission to kill each other.”
* * *
The 4th round quest went as Gaia predicted, and the participants looked at each other with embarrassed faces.
“Killing each other for three hours… … .”
“Are there any other hidden rules?”
“Gaia. “How can I get ranked?”
“Can we just kill each other?”
“When you die, aren’t you immediately transported to Tartarus?”
Gaia spoke in a calm tone to those who were confused.
Hidden rules in round 4.
“Don’t worry. Even if you kill each other, they will be resurrected after 10 minutes.”
“ah… Is that true?”
“If you are resurrected… “I can kill as much as I want?”
“So the person who kills as many as possible gets first place?”
Gaia smiled and answered.
“sure. “We must kill as many as possible.”
It seemed like he was speaking honestly, but he wasn’t.
In order to survive, Gaia did not reveal everything this time.
‘You have to kill a lot. ‘I have to kill as many people as possible.’
This fact could not be revealed.
If I tell you for no reason, you may not be ranked.
“S-sorry. “Please die!”
“Aaaah! Ah, it hurts!!”
“This bastard is going to die!”
The gods who fought awkwardly at first started slashing at each other to death.
Even though he pretended to be noble, he seemed not much different from the human being who looked down on him for all his lack of appearance.
Phew! Sigh!
Gaia also stabbed her fellow climbers to survive.
Her husband was also on the list.
Phew!
“Huh! Who, who’s back… … .”
“sorry. Chaos. “Shouldn’t I survive too?”
“Go, Gaia you f*cking…” … .”
However, even Gaia, the designer, had something unexpected.
That someone will hit you from behind too.
Sigh! Sigh!
“Gaia you bitch! “I’m dying!”
Lubuahi, who was a loyal subject, retaliated for the slap with a sword.
Even if I revived 10 minutes later, the result was the same.
“How dare you hit me in the back?”
The resurrected Gaia had to die again, this time by Chaos.
In the end, half of the gods, including Gaia, did not survive the fourth round.
* * *
“Huh!”
“Hmph! This place… ?”
This place is filled with the smell of sulfur and rotting corpses.
It was Tartarus, a dungeon beneath the underworld, a prison for souls.
Now, it has degenerated into a place where those who fail in the game of survival come to be tortured.
“My, I can’t believe I came here… .”
“Did you lose the game? we?”
“f*ck you, damn you!”
The 20 people who were eliminated in the fourth round continued to sigh.
Gaia was also caught in the middle.
‘I can’t believe I, who knows all the rounds, was eliminated in only the 4th round!’
Even though I already knew the information, I was eliminated.
Even though the black scythe he was using was broken so easily.
‘It’s because my job sucks. the job is!’
How good would it have been if you had gotten a unique class too?
Of course, there was no way Black Scythe, who designed this game, would allow it.
‘I’ve tried a few times, but I can only get the normal class. Even Rune deliberately gave me only shitty things.’
There is no use complaining now.
Anyway, they ended up in a huge torture chamber called Tartarus and were just prisoners waiting to be punished.
[You’ve come this far. I am Pluton, the warden of Tartarus. As Black Scythe has delegated your corporal punishment, I will guide you to the corporal punishment field.]
Perfect!
Pluton snapped his fingers and a clattering chain appeared, tying everyone up like sausages.
[Then follow me.]
The 20 gods who were forcibly taken in looked at the gods in other torture chambers with fearful eyes.
slap!
“Off!”
Grumble!
“Aaaah!”
It shows gods being hung upside down and whipped, and even being thrown alive into a fire pit.
The gods felt extreme fear at the cruel sight that they could not bear to see with their eyes open.
It won’t be long before they end up in something like that.
[Here you go. Everyone, please go in.]
The warden locked the door after putting the gods into a rather cramped prison.
Crunch!
[I will punish those who were eliminated in the 4th round. It is a punishment called the skewer of death.]
“Death… skewer?”
When the chief guard snapped his fingers, the guards came rushing in.
They all had metal skewers in their hands.
Puff puff! Puff puff! Sigh!
“Aaaah!”
“Ah, ah!”
The gods felt pain as their limbs were pierced by skewers.
He desperately twisted his body to avoid the skewers in the cramped cage, but it was not enough to avoid them.
Sigh! Sigh! Sigh!
“Aaaah!”
“Huh!”
The torture, called the skewer of death, lasted for over six hours.
* * *
“Ugh!”
Gaia screamed without realizing it and her eyes widened at the momentarily changed environment.
‘W-this place… grassland?’
It was the grassland from round 1, but Gaia couldn’t remember.
What kind of torture was he going through just a little while ago?
How many rounds did you fail and how did you fail?
The same was true for Chaos and the other gods here.
Everyone suffered memory loss.
For them, this was their first experience and first round.
It was an infinite cycle of repeated pain.
“What happened?”
“I can’t believe I’ve become such a trashy person.”
“It can’t be like this…” … !”
That time when everyone is confused and despairing.
Artaros, the guide, appeared.
[From now on, each person must kill 100 goblins… Before we begin, I will take Gaia with me.]
“Gaia?”
“me?”
Gaia, who had been singled out, looked surprised.
“Uh, where are you going?”
[Black Scythe is looking for Gaia.]
‘Black scythe?’
Although it was despairing that she had to be downgraded to a human and have to play the game, Gaia saw a little hope.
‘The black scythe who designed the game is looking for me?’
That means that the Black Scythe wants something from itself.
The corner of Gaia’s mouth quirked up.
‘If you give something, something comes.’ In return for my cooperation, I too will be able to demand compensation.’
What should I ask of the black scythe?
Should I ask them to free me?
Or should I ask to be upgraded to a god again?
‘No matter what, that guy has a rune in his heart, so you shouldn’t act rashly. ‘I need to be good at controlling my mind so I can’t read your mind.’
Since I have turned into a human, the Rune of the Inner Heart may work.
Under that assumption, Gaia, who briefly left the survival game, came face to face with the black scythe.
Gaia’s indifferent expression was covered with iron plates.
“Black scythe! It’s been a really long time. “Do you know how much I missed you?”
“The damn play is over, you’ll have to stay with me for a while.”
“I can’t believe they’ll let me go…” … .”
“I’m just borrowing your power for a bit because I need it, so I don’t think you’ll like it.”
“warrant… ?”
Gaia’s soul disappeared without a moment of questioning.
Into the Gauntlets of the Soul.
* * *
Ryu Min wanted to create a system for Ryu Seung-ho.
I hope my son grows up safely.
To do this, the power of creation was needed.
‘That’s why I borrowed Gaia for a while.’
As I placed Gaia back into the Soul Gauntlet, a message occurred to me.
[Soul ‘Gaia’ has been saved in the gauntlet.]
[Learned the new temporary skill ‘Power of Creation’!]
Using his power, Ryumin created a new system for his son.
The so-called [Ryu Seung-ho growth system].
fantasy,
