episode_0654
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As I entered the third floor, a notice from the tower that I hadn’t seen in a long time came into view.
“Welcome to the third floor of the tower.”
“If you pass the test, you can enter the 4th floor.”
“Test Objective – Witch Hunt. A witch has lurked in the village and is putting curses on the people. The villagers must find the witch and restore peace to the village. … … .”
“Witch hunt… ?”
A confused voice leaked out from Scarlett’s mouth as she entered the portal leading to the third floor together.
When I heard the story of Scarlett’s past, I thought it would not be strange for her to feel more ominous about the word “witch hunt” than modern people like Kim Jae-yoon or me, since she was someone who had been transferred from a medieval world.
“Are you scared of witches?”
“No… Honestly, I’ve never seen a witch and I don’t know much about it… But when I was back home, sometimes my father… scared me by saying that there was a witch hunt in the nearby village… He said that if I didn’t listen, I would grow up to be a witch… ”
“That must have been hard.”
“It’s okay now… ”
Scarlett awkwardly raised the corners of her mouth. Sometimes, I feel creeped out when I see Scarlett like that because of her flowing hair.
A variety of people are transferred to the tower like this.
On the first floor, where you pass through the test floor and the test floor, people from the same world are transferred and live together in groups, but there are exceptions, and those exceptions are people like Scarlett.
It was also in this context that I was able to freely use my various abilities, including martial arts, without worrying about what others thought.
No matter how many magical powers I use, people will think that I am one of those exceptions that already exist.
Anyway, the rules that follow from the notification were quite long and complicated.
First is the distribution of roles.
A total of 10 people entered the 3rd floor.
These ten transferees are each given the role of a witch, a townsman, and a suspicious wanderer. Among the townsmen, there are priests and astrologers with special abilities.
A witch can curse one person per day to eliminate them. The goal of a witch-turned-transmitter is to eliminate all of the townspeople-turned-transmitter’s.
Conversely, the villagers’ goal is naturally to find and eliminate the witch.
A priest can lift a witch’s curse once per day.
An astrologer can check a person’s role once a day.
The Suspicious Wanderer’s goal is to keep his identity hidden until the end of the test.
Each transferee is given a symbol symbolizing their role, which they must carry with them at all times.
Removing the token from your body does not immediately disqualify you, but it will make it impossible for you to perform the function of the role you were given, and if someone finds and destroys the token, you will be disqualified immediately.
The Witch’s Curse has the same effect as destroying the opponent’s mark.
Just hearing it like this may give off a familiar mafia game vibe, but Top Witch Hunt is clearly different from your average mafia game in some ways.
The thing is, in the place where the game is being played, there are many NPCs other than the 10 transferees.
Groan groan
The third floor of the tower we were transferred to had a similar landscape to the village on the first floor, but it looked a little more medieval.
Small wooden buildings were scattered around the village, and vines were climbing up the walls of the houses. A faint smell of manure wafted from the vegetable gardens attached to each house.
As I walked along the narrow cobblestone streets that ran through the village, I saw wooden carts set up by merchants along the roadside, almost like stalls.
Inside, it was filled with various vegetables, fruits, and loaves of bread that had been baked for a while.
It was a pastoral landscape that seemed to have been taken straight from a medieval fantasy world.
I thought that perhaps the first floor, where there were no transfers, had a view like this.
Scarlett’s hometown must have looked similar.
The transferees had to hide their identities within the village and achieve goals appropriate to their roles in order to pass the three-story test.
Witches and villagers hide among the NPCs and target each other.
“Remember what I said? Let’s change clothes first.”
I took Kim Jae-yoon and Scarlett and hid in a nearby house.
And then I quickly changed into some clothes that were hanging on the clothesline.
I already told Kim Jae-yoon and Scarlett that this test has similar rules to the Mafia game based on their knowledge of the original work.
So there was no need to waste time persuading the clan members.
Finally, the camouflage was complete when the robe prepared on the first floor was put on over the outside.
It was a town with a landscape reminiscent of a medieval fantasy, so Scarlett easily blended in with the town’s scenery, except for the fact that she was a beauty. However, since Kim Jae-yoon and I both have Asian faces, we had to cover our faces because we couldn’t help but stand out.
Because you can tell at a glance that it’s a transfer.
And when I came out, what I expected happened.
“What is this? A witch hunt?”
“There’s also a role. What’s your role?”
“Me? I’m just a villager.”
A few people who looked like they had not yet figured out the situation were gathered around the well in the center of the village and were making a fuss.
It seemed like they had formed a party of their own and entered the third floor, with about 5 people in total.
Although he managed to fill the party, he didn’t seem to belong to a proper clan. If he had heard the information about the third floor from the clan leader, he wouldn’t have acted so conspicuously.
“… Those guys won’t last more than a few days.”
Kim Jae-yoon shook his head slightly inside the robe.
I had the same opinion.
What I emphasized to my group was that if possible, they should not reveal the fact that they were transferees first.
The roles of priests and astrologers require cooperation, and since it is advantageous for villagers to cooperate with each other, revealing their identities was not a bad strategic choice.
But once it is revealed that he is a transfer student, he becomes a target of the witch who is hiding somewhere.
So, if possible, the safest way was to hide yourself and pretend to be an NPC while figuring out the other people’s identities first.
The problem with the third-floor test was that you wouldn’t die if you failed this witch hunt game.
If you don’t die even if you drop out, why is that a problem?
Naturally, the eyes of the transferees will be wide open as they look forward to the additional rewards when they win.
As was the case on the second floor, there are people everywhere who are greedy and seek compensation beyond their capabilities.
In this space called the tower, it was inevitable because the amount of reward received directly affected one’s strength. In the first place, it became increasingly difficult to find someone who did not have such a desire as one climbed the tower.
And although it is said that you won’t die if you drop out, there is no restriction at all on the transferees taking each other’s lives.
You can do something stupid and get killed by NPCs.
NPCs aren’t just mannequins to fill in the background. Depending on how you build relationships with them, you can gain information that will help you figure out the identities of other transferees.
And the way the townspeople deal with witches is by taking away their tokens rather than voting.
The point is that the townspeople must work together to safely eliminate the witch, but if the witch has strong power, she can push back against the townspeople even if her identity is discovered.
If you can’t take the token away by force, you can curse the villagers and eliminate them one by one, and other transference characters, except for the witch, will have no way to resist.
At that time, we’ll have to drag in even the NPCs and fight back somehow.
First of all, since NPCs are recognized as villagers, they are hostile to witches.
In fact, if I wanted to, I could have easily killed and destroyed everyone, regardless of whether they were NPCs or not.
Regardless of your role, the test will end anyway.
But I didn’t think that would happen.
Even on the third floor, it would take some time to gather as many feats as possible. Even if you finished all the situations with that much force, you would only be able to obtain one or two feats.
We watched the five transferencers leave the well and head somewhere, then hid behind a nearby hut again.
First, we planned to confirm our group’s roles and make plans for the future.
“What is each of your assigned roles?”
The role I was given was that of an ordinary villager. The round metal token, the size of my palm, had a picture of a straw hat engraved on it.
“I am an astrologer.”
Kim Jae-yoon answered.
The sign he held out had a picture of a crystal ball and a star.
The astrologer is a useful role. It seems like it would be helpful in secretly figuring out the roles of the transferees I had seen earlier.
I looked back at Scarlett and asked.
“Not bad. Scarlett, what about you?”
“I am… ”
Scarlett’s face turned pale after confirming her own mark. She originally had white skin, but now her complexion was almost gray, with no trace of blood left.
Bam-
The token she dropped had a witch’s hat engraved on it.
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