Death

[You have died.]

[Please use the nearest temple for Resurrection.]

Opening her eyes,

“….”

She was on the 24th floor.

Americano, awakened in soul form, looked for her body.

But the death of an Avatar, like a monster, turns into dust and disappears. She had seen it break into a slightly different form called Polygon the other day.

‘Is it not the original form yet?’

When you die, you return to your original form.

But she wasn’t there yet in this state.

This chest.

A man shouldn’t have it.

‘Anyway, can I move around freely in this state?’

Wandering around the 24th floor, she could find the Witch.

The Witch’s Workshop looked like a large library, unlike the word “Workshop.”

But when the Witch deactivated her combat mode, the scattered bookshelves returned, creating a narrow space with a desk.

If you imagine a Witch holed up in a library, that’s exactly what it would be like.

The Witch was reorganizing her Workshop.

She didn’t even look at her, as if she couldn’t see her.

She was about to watch a little more, but,

[If the Death state persists, the Death Penalty will be strengthened.]

[Please note that strengthened Death Penalty can not be released until you make a donation and confession.]

[*Death Penalty Level 1 – Temporary level decrease]

[*Death Penalty Level 2 – Temporary level and Skill decrease]

I should go now.

She was Resurrected at the temple.

Finally, she returned to being a man.

“….”

She didn’t return.

‘Is it not enough once?’

One of the reasons Americano desperately climbed the Tower was to return to being a man after death.

But this chest.

‘Is she a Sylph?’

There was no guarantee that a player’s Avatar would return after dying once.

The basis was insufficient, and the sample had problems because the investigation was conducted only on subjects whose results had already appeared.

‘Well, that’s right. If you only investigate people who have returned to their original form, there will naturally be problems.’

She wasn’t disappointed.

It was within a predictable range.

She rose from the water with a splash. She was soaking in something like a bathtub.

“…Wait, look over there…”

“…Pretty…”

Turning to where the sound was coming from, she saw women whispering.

This was the Female Resurrection Zone.

Americano, who had risen from the bathtub, chose suitable clothes from her Inventory and left the temple.

For reference, all the equipment she had been wearing disappeared.

Fortunately, the [Loot] could be received by leaving the Tower in soul form.

The original plan was to return to being a man as it was, but,

‘Are more conditions needed?’

That plan failed.

She checked the time.

[21:35]

She had been playing games for almost 9 hours.

Honestly, she was tired.

She wanted to sleep.

“Haa~aam.”

But considering today was the last day, it was a shame to end it like this.

‘Still, facing death while asleep might not be so bad.’

Since she didn’t have any friends in the game, she thought it would be a comfortable end to die in her sleep.

[Unread Note] [7 messages]

She did have one friend.

Although it seemed like a player NPC.

Tang So-hye had sent her 7 notes.

She hadn’t opened any of them because she was focused on climbing the Tower.

She read them one by one.

In summary,

1. Three days have passed, but no one has died yet.

Depending on the condition, they can last up to 5 days, but not everyone falls into that category.

We would like you to attend the meeting to understand the exact situation.

2. The use of Awakened Ability has been confirmed in some players.

It is presumed to be triggered by death or Rebirth after the logout impossible situation.

If you have died or undergone Rebirth, try using Awakened Ability.

3. The loss of Avatar is also presumed to be caused by death and Rebirth.

We found a commonality that all customized body sizes return to their initial values.

It seems that dying or undergoing Rebirth returns you to your original form.

‘The last one seems wrong.’

Americano had died and undergone Rebirth.

But she was still a woman, unable to return to being a man.

“…Huh?”

She grabbed her chest.

With both hands.

“Huh?”

Her chest had shrunk.

She learned a slightly troubling fact.

Her chest had shrunk.

This had implications.

Perhaps it was the Default Setting after changing her gender to female and raising [Charm]. The chest size had shrunk to that initial value.

Yes, the fact that her chest had shrunk meant that she had returned to Default Setting, except that her gender was female and [Charm] was 100 points.

If the contents of the note were correct, that’s how it could be interpreted.

It meant that the Avatar loss information in the note was correct.

But why?

Her gender hadn’t changed.

“….”

What should she think?

She shrugged her shoulders.

‘Well, if it doesn’t work, it can’t be helped.’

What’s the point of clinging to something that doesn’t work?

Her chest size had shrunk, but there wasn’t a big difference between the Default and custom chest sizes.

In the first place, it was already huge in the Default state.

She had just pulled the gauge bar a little further to the right.

Anyway,

“Awakened Ability, huh.”

She had only used it once after Awakening.

‘I never dreamed that I would be trapped in the game after using it only once.’

Was this how she used it?

She revived the sensation of Awakened Ability within herself.

Just then,

“Hello?”

Someone came looking for her.

It was a familiar face.

Her name was probably Rose.

“Looks like you’re coming from the temple?”

“Yes.”

“Looks like you died.”

“Yes…”

“These days, Summoned Hero are making a fuss about returning to their original forms.”

Rose scanned Americano up and down.

Her gaze lingered on her chest area.

“Americano, you’re still the same as your first appearance even after dying? Were you a Native Hero?”

“….”

“You haven’t forgotten me, have you?”

“….”

She remembered.

But Americano was an Outsider, and she was allergic to proactive people.

“I remember.”

“Wow, that’s a relief. I was worried you had forgotten me.”

“…So.”

As Americano tried to avoid Rose, Rose blocked her path.

“What business do you have with me? You came because you have business, right?”

“Why are you saying such hurtful things? I came to help you. It’s going to be harder than you think because of the Death Penalty. I’ll help you.”

“It’s okay, just go.”

“Don’t say that.”

“I said it’s okay.”

But Rose grabbed her arm and wouldn’t let go.

In an instant, annoyance surged.

Her eyes turned red.

She could have stopped herself from getting angry, but,

“Ah…”

“…Eh?”

Her sword had completely passed Rose’s neck.

[Berserk] couldn’t stand the annoyance and killed Rose in one stroke.

Drawing the sword from her Inventory and swinging it was one action.

Rose’s neck rolled in.

For the short time she was alive, she looked at her with disbelieving eyes.

“….”

“….”

Her mouth moved, and then she disappeared into Polygons.

She was probably wandering around nearby in soul form right now.

She probably went straight to the temple.

[Berserk]

Killing someone just because you’re a little annoyed is too much of an overreaction.

She was careless, but killing someone happened in an instant.

‘I can’t let my guard down.’

She sighed deeply.

It was nosy, but she had killed someone who was trying to help her.

The other person was trying to do something good, so she had done something really terrible.

Still, she had no intention of going with her…

‘…Let’s not avoid them if they talk to me.’

“D, did I die?”

Rose touched her neck.

It happened in an instant.

‘H, how can a newbie?’

She died before she, level 30, could even notice.

Even after being cut down by an incredibly fast strike, she couldn’t understand what had happened for a moment.

Rose clearly remembered Americano coming out of the training camp.

‘She’s definitely a newbie?’

If a newbie with such huge breasts had been wandering around before, there’s no way she wouldn’t have remembered.

It was absurd for a level 30 Hero to lose to a newbie.

Even if she had deliberately taken the sword, it should have been blocked by the skin layer.

But the fact that it pierced through meant that Americano’s Skill level was incredibly high, or the weapon level was incredibly high,

It had to be at an incredibly high level.

There weren’t many beings who could kill even high levels in that way.

And the commonality of such people was that they always had a huge backing. It was impossible without a backing.

Besides,

‘She suddenly cut me down. Does she know what I was thinking when I approached her!’

Her face turned pale.

Americano is pretty.

Pretty wasn’t enough.

It paralyzed her reason, and her instincts cried out that she had to catch her.

So she had been trying to make her her own.

Rose liked pretty women.

‘Should I leave?’

She was caught trying to flirt.

She might really die.

If a Summoned Hero suffers what is commonly called Unlimited PK, they won’t die, but they will become neither dead nor alive.

Her body trembled.

Just as she was about to rise from the Fountain of Resurrection.

She noticed it when she handed over the clothes.

Until then, she hadn’t noticed anyone approaching.

“Here… take this.”

“….”

Americano.

She had come all the way to the Fountain of Resurrection.

Rose, who inadvertently received what she was handing over, was startled by her appearance and reflexively ran away.

When she ran away and looked at the item she had received, it was her own clothes that she had dropped when she died.

‘W, was I not caught?’

She was able to calm her surprised heart.

If she had been caught, she wouldn’t have returned something like this.

‘Then why did she kill me?’

Because she was annoying?

Looking back on the situation, the reason Americano killed her was closer to the side of killing her out of anger.

There was no other reason she could think of.

That feeling was strong.

‘Killing someone out of anger, what is she, scary.’

Rose could no longer see Americano as her subordinate.

Even though she was ambushed, the fact that there had to be a backing to make that ambush possible remained unchanged.

Rose, who had a lot to hide, left the temple without even putting on her clothes properly.