Ch.331[Episode 331] Reverse World – Region 3

When Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica were busy clearing rounds in the third region of the hidden world, someone was watching them with piercing eyes from afar.

“How dare you leave me behind…”

Sharp eyes. Malicious expression. Fierce gaze. And cruel hands with a menacing face.

It was Park Choonbae, the vicious outlaw who had disappeared in the prologue.

For some reason, he was dragging a coffin around, which contained Malley’s corpse.

Park Choonbae took out his revolver and began spinning it around his finger.

The spinning revolver soon stopped its movement, and its barrel pointed toward Sir Dominic.

With an expression that suggested he might shoot at any moment.

Of course, Park Choonbae had no intention of shooting, but he was also willing to use the gun if necessary.

And this action was appropriate to gauge just how much Park Choonbae hated Sir Dominic.

Park Choonbae slowly turned the gun barrel from Sir Dominic to Sir Dominica, and from Sir Dominica back to Sir Dominic.

Park Choonbae carefully observed each person and spoke their names.

“Sir Dominic. Sir Dominica. And…”

Park Choonbae slowly turned the gun barrel again.

And that barrel pointed at one person.

“Captain Elang.”

Park Choonbae looked at Captain Elang and ground his teeth.

Why had Park Choonbae developed such malice toward Sir Dominic, Sir Dominica, and Captain Elang?

The reason was quite simple.

“How dare you leave me here and go?”

That’s right.

Park Choonbae had been trapped in this hidden world for days, or perhaps weeks.

When everyone scattered due to the problem that occurred in the prologue, Park Choonbae was no exception and was flung somewhere.

After briefly losing consciousness from the tremendous shock, Park Choonbae immediately looked for Captain Elang upon regaining consciousness.

However, by then, Captain Elang had already completed the prologue with Sir Dominic’s help and had returned to Gacha Land since everything was finished.

Park Choonbae wandered around for days, or perhaps weeks, looking for Captain Elang, but he was nowhere to be found.

Only then did Park Choonbae come to a realization.

Could they have left without him?

But that thought didn’t last long.

He found Malley’s corpse.

In Gacha Land, one can be resurrected if they have value.

This is a fact known to everyone.

Then, what happens when people from Gacha Land go to the hidden world?

The answer was that they remain dead until they return to Gacha Land.

In other words, Malley’s corpse had been left abandoned for a long time.

“Malley… Malley…”

Park Choonbae desperately called out to Malley, who was in the coffin.

As soon as Park Choonbae found Malley’s corpse, he crudely made a coffin and placed Malley’s body inside.

Since resurrection was only possible upon returning to Gacha Land, he had to carry the body until they reached Gacha Land.

At this point, Park Choonbae still trusted Captain Elang.

He thought that if the situation was so dire that they couldn’t even retrieve Malley’s corpse, they must still be in the hidden world.

However, as days or perhaps weeks passed again, Park Choonbae’s thoughts began to change.

Could they have forgotten about us?

Could they have forgotten us and returned to Gacha Land?

Park Choonbae’s steps were unbearably heavy.

Having walked for so long, even after passing through regions 1 and 2 and arriving at region 3, Park Choonbae couldn’t stop these negative thoughts.

And finally, only today did Park Choonbae realize that his thoughts were correct.

In this deep realization, Park Choonbae noticed that feelings of betrayal and disgust were boiling up from deep within his stomach.

Captain Elang, Sir Dominic, and Sir Dominica had returned to Gacha Land, leaving Park Choonbae and Malley behind.

“How dare, how dare you forget us?”

Park Choonbae gritted his teeth amidst the boiling sense of betrayal.

“Ha, I see. So this is how you want to play it…”

Sir Dominic and Captain Elang joined hands to abandon us in this hidden world!

We were deceived by Sir Dominic and Captain Elang!

Park Choonbae genuinely believed this.

Park Choonbae had reached a point where he was even manipulating his memories due to the overwhelming sense of betrayal.

The truth was that Park Choonbae had arbitrarily fallen for Captain Elang and dragged Sir Dominic into it, but there was no way Park Choonbae, who was already trembling with betrayal, would remember that.

Park Choonbae ground his teeth.

“Just you wait.”

And he placed his hand on a lever at the back of the third stage.

This lever was something Park Choonbae had discovered by chance while wandering through the hidden world.

“Since you’ve mistreated us, now it’s our turn to give you a hard time.”

Park Choonbae laughed very wickedly.

A laugh loud enough for the whole world to hear, but not loud enough for Sir Dominic and Captain Elang to hear.

…

The interesting fact was that Park Choonbae wasn’t the only one watching Sir Dominic, Sir Dominica, and Captain Elang.

On a hill completely opposite to Park Choonbae, a woman was staring intently at Sir Dominic.

She was wearing a hat with the phrase ‘IQ over 150’ written on it, and her expression was quite fierce.

“Sir Dominic. Sir Dominic. Sir Dominic.”

The woman repeated Sir Dominic’s name several times.

As if saying, “You again?”

“Why is it that whenever we devise a strategy, Sir Dominic is there?”

The woman stared at Sir Dominic intensely and spoke hysterically.

“…It seems this ill-fated relationship will last a long time.”

The woman bit her lips in anger, but soon sighed.

“I suppose the fortunate thing is that he doesn’t seem to be related to our plan.”

The woman glared at Sir Dominic again.

It seemed that Sir Dominic had only come to conquer the third region with the commander, not to stop the Mountain Bridge Marsh event in the hidden world.

This meant that the probability of Sir Dominic interfering with the woman’s plan was extremely low, but the woman couldn’t let her guard down.

After all, the opponent was the Sir Dominic.

“…I pray we don’t meet as enemies this time, Sir Dominic.”

The woman muttered these words softly and disappeared down the hill.

What exactly is this woman’s plan?

And what kind of synergy or complex situation will emerge along with Park Choonbae’s scheme?

…

If we’re talking about variables, there was another one here.

“Ugh, my goodness. Look at this dust. What did they manage if they claim they managed it…”

A coder with a GM armband entered the hidden world.

He was a member of the hidden world maintenance team, and his job was to catch bugs or hacks occurring in the hidden world.

With the power of the central system, hacks were no longer effective in Gacha Land, but since the hidden world was very unstable, there could be people using hacks.

The coder opened the electrical panel door and frowned at the wires inside.

Dust had accumulated on the wires, and although the maintenance log in front of the electrical panel stated that maintenance was being done regularly, when actually opened, it was a complete mess.

“At least it’s fortunate that we noticed before a problem occurred.”

The coder heaved a deep sigh.

The dust inside the electrical panel formed a cloud following the coder’s breath.

“I need to clean this first.”

The coder was about to put his hand into the electrical panel but then remembered that this wasn’t a problem that could be solved by hand, so he headed to the supply room to get a broom and a wet mop.

Since the supply room was inside System Industries, the coder took a portal to System Industries.

“Oh right. Did I close the electrical panel cover?”

The coder pondered whether he had closed the electrical panel, as if he had forgotten.

But no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t remember.

This was a major flaw of the coder.

He was very forgetful.

It seemed absurd to forget something that had just happened, but people with such severe forgetfulness could forget things just by turning their heads.

Additionally, the fact that he was a coder also contributed to this situation.

Most coders only focused on things they were interested in, and the rest was either known or unknown, it didn’t matter to them.

The coder with the GM armband was no exception.

He too belonged to the majority mentioned above.

The coder spent a long time holding his head, engaging in deep contemplation about whether he had closed the electrical panel cover, and soon he reached a perfect conclusion.

“…Well, what could go wrong?”

Yes. He showed an optimistic attitude, thinking there wouldn’t be any problems.

“Well, if a problem arises, we can fix it.”

The coder took out a broom, dustpan, and wet mop from the supply room and started walking again.

Just a short time, not even 10 minutes.

What could happen in such a short time?

And so, the coder moved leisurely.

The electrical panel remained open.