episode_0016

As I climbed the ominously quiet stairs, step by step, I opened the door as it appeared.

“……”

I don’t know if I should call this fortunate, but everything beyond the exit except the lowest floor was a familiar sight.

A luxurious hallway lined with countless rooms.

However, I didn’t bother to go out and look.

I may have been too cautious, but the frighteningly quiet passage seemed so blatantly like a trap that I had no desire to enter.

“…But isn’t it still too quiet?”

Even though the hallway, which was presumed to be a trap, was quiet, I couldn’t understand why they would leave me, an ‘escaped person’, so free.

Does that mean you have that much confidence?

Or have I already fallen into a trap without even realizing it?

Maybe the right answer would be to pick any door right now and go out.

“Okay, what is it…”

My head became confused.

I was planning on suppressing anyone who came and get information, but since there was no action on the other side, I ended up being trapped.

“If possible, I’d like to leave this as a last resort…”

When you gently open the [Point Shop], a hologram window appears in front of you.

If you spend enough points, it will be easy to get out of here.

It is a point store that allows for dimensional movement, but at most there are no skills related to spatial movement.

“Hmm… now that I think about it, this is really amazing.”

It is understandable how the Management Bureau and Pandora of the Salvation are feeling anxious to learn that they can actually acquire superpowers that they only imagined.

Honestly, I can’t imagine how they extract this and use it.

“……”

The problem is that I am completely unwilling to do it for extremely philistine reasons.

Simply exchanging points costs 100 million per point, but points are a valuable commodity that the Management Bureau and Pandora of the Salvation are willing to give more money than that.

Of course, if my life was at risk, I wouldn’t hesitate to spend it, but honestly, I feel like I’m wasting raw money, so I want to save it if possible.

I have nothing to say even if you criticize me for being a beggar, but I think ‘billion’ is not someone’s dog’s name and billions of billions is enough to be worth risking your life for.

Speaking seriously from a perspective that has always been poor, money can replace a person’s life.

Moreover, even if you die, you have five additional chances, so it doesn’t feel like such a serious crisis.

Of course, there is the problem of not knowing where you will respawn, but even if the worst happens and you have to start over from the coastal cliffs of that fantasy uninhabited island, it honestly felt like a waste compared to the hundreds of millions, or even billions, of money.

“Ha…huh?”

Slam! Slam!

As I was sighing, I heard heavy footsteps with a metallic sound coming from above.

Looks like someone is finally coming.

But is he wearing full body armor? What does that sound like?

Without letting down my guard, I grabbed my gun and looked up cautiously.

The gap in the stairs created by the landing.

There, you can see the characteristic reflected light of a piece of iron.

“……”

Intuition whispers.

Something ominous.

“Kweeek!”

At that time, the sound of Manish roaring loudly and hitting the ground roughly was heard.

This is the guy I summoned earlier.

It was so quiet that I thought it had gone somewhere, but it looks like it was still eating the corpse.

Suddenly!

“…?”

The sound of cleanly splitting bone and flesh with a sharp object.

That alone brought a heavy silence to the emergency staircase.

“what…?”

If my ears aren’t mistaken, it looks like he cut Manish down with a single blow by swinging something like a sword… is that possible?

Crunch, clank, clank! Beep beep! Beep beep!

“huh?”

At that time, a strange metallic sound was heard from below.

This one sounded closer to a machine than a person, and it was strangely light in weight.

“……”

The sense of crisis is heightened by the sound of two footsteps approaching in real time.

What should I do?

Honestly, I don’t want to run into something that killed Manish in one blow, but that doesn’t mean I can guarantee that the guy coming up is weak.

Kuuk!

I gripped the gun tightly.

You can’t stand idly by until you are attacked from above and below, so you have to think of a way.

“Whoa…I’ve decided.”

I muttered softly and leaned out onto the staircase railing.

“Manish, Manish, Manish.”

Due to the nature of the summon, there is no way to send it upward, so the lower level must inevitably be left to these guys.

“Sweet!?”

“Coook!”

“Kuweeeek!”

Crash! Cuckoo goong! Coo!

When he summons almost ten of them in a row, the wild boars that fell down the stairs and tumbled go berserk and begin to run wild.

They start hitting and fighting among themselves, but it won’t last long.

Because Manish has limited ways to hurt fellow Manish.

“Goes…”

Suppressing my heart that was pounding with tension and fear, I aimed my gun from the corner of the landing.

If I look up diagonally, unless the guy coming down is squatting, I will see his feet first.

Slam!

And, the prediction was correct.

Ta-ta-ta-tang! Taang!

As soon as he saw the feet covered in metal, he started shooting repeatedly.

“What…!?”

However, the bullets could not penetrate the thin-looking steel plate and bounced off.

“no use.”

The person who appeared with a heavy bass voice was indeed a knight himself, wearing full armor and holding a two-handed sword.

The design of the golden armor looked sophisticated and sleek for a medieval knight, but it was more intimidating than expected.

“Are you the one who was chosen by the Constellation? Seeing as he escaped from that room, it looks like he had an ace up his sleeve, but… I’m disappointed.”

“…Even if I say that, it’ll only get me into trouble…”

I looked at him without blinking and slowly headed down the stairs.

Geek! Phew! Phew! Pazuzuzu that is!

“Kuweeeek!”

“Coook!”

“Kyeee!”

It will be difficult to run away as there is chaos below, but there is no way to do anything about that armor, so you need to keep your distance as much as possible.

“If you cooperate well, I won’t kill you. I’ll treat you like an arm or a leg.”

“…What kind of cooperation?”

“Hand over the points. From the looks of it, I don’t think I have many, but right now, even 1 point is a shame, so I guess I’ll have to scrape it up.”

“Then why don’t you exchange information? I’ll give you a certain amount of points if you tell me how to get out of this building, or if you can help me get out myself.”

“Impossible. I won’t kill you, but I have no intention of letting you go. People who come in contact with the Constellation community are basically talented people and are useful in many ways. Moreover, there is a possibility that you can earn points if you enter the ‘post’ again later. I will guarantee that. The only thing that can be saved is your life. I will receive points in return.”

I think being able to say things like that so casually is an ability.

“Then I refuse.”

“I see. Then I will kill you.”

“Didn’t you just say it was useful?”

“I still don’t know what abilities you have. If there is even the slightest possibility of being a threat, it would be right to do my best to kill him.”

With a clang, he raises his two-handed sword and takes a stance.

“This body is said to be Averill Hinds, who went into the post and returned as a hero.”

“…foreigner?”

“I’m Korean. I just threw away my name.”

Immediately after, blue energy flowed from his body like a waterfall.

Although the scale was incomparable to Sahagin’s, it was definitely mana.

“Tsk…!”

Ta-ta-ta-tang! Taang!

I pulled the trigger, but it didn’t work even without mana, so there was no way it would work now.

“Sigh!”

Hinds’ movements, as he hit the floor with great enthusiasm, were surprisingly fast.

If I hadn’t read the attack in advance with the Mirror of Resentment, I wouldn’t have even been able to react.

Even those moves don’t seem to be at full strength, so if you’re serious, you’ll never be able to fight them head-on.

Still, that two-handed sword is too long to be used in a place like this, so just be careful when stabbing…!

Oh my gosh!

“What!?”

Averill Hinds’ sword cut through the wall as easily as tofu.

“Kaaak…!”

Instinctively, I rolled my body and almost fell.

But I didn’t even have time to feel the pain of falling down the stairs.

This is because his attack, which involved jumping down the stairs, continued as naturally as water.

“…!!”

Ta-ta-ta-tang!

I hurriedly fired the sword and forced it to miss.

“Hoo…can you see my attack? It’s pretty good.”

“……”

To be honest, I can’t see anything.

All you have to do is know when and where the attack will come, so you just hit it.

“I don’t know what kind of post it came in, but I can’t let my guard down even more.”

Whoa!

The speed of the two-handed sword has become faster.

“Ugh…!?”

Without thinking about it, he rolled down the stairs to avoid it, but his sword caught up with him strangely and quickly, as if it were attracted to some kind of magnet.

Die. As it is.

“Off, off!”

“Kkkk!”

“Kigyaaa!”

“Kwaaa!”

“hmm…!?”

Hinds’ body stiffened as the terrible screams of his muzzle rang out from all over his body.

“AA AA AA!”

“Kyaaa!”

“Kwaaah!”

I didn’t know this because I had never used this skill to its full potential before, but I was able to control the intensity of my screams with my will.

Bigger and stronger with more mouths.

Wow! Whoops!

Even at this moment, a new snout was appearing as if to fill in the gaps in the body.

“Ahh…!”

It really hurts so bad!

Honestly, wouldn’t it be better to get cut with that sword once at this level?

“Hmm…! That’s pretty good! But it’s not even close to this!”

He winced as if in pain, then forced himself to move his body and raised his sword with a creaking sound.

“Die! Die!”

Ta-ta-ta-tang! Taaaang!

“Kwaggg!”

“Kkkk!”

“Kyaaa!”

“Kwaaa!”

“Kaaak!”

“Keaaa!”

They fired their guns in a hurry, opening their mouths wide and letting out the maximum amount of screams, so many that even they couldn’t tell the number.

As a result, the ‘Mirror of Resentment’ on the back of my right hand also began to emit blue flames, but I had no time to pay attention to that right now.

“Cough! Cough!”

Immediately afterward, the blood Hinds vomited dripped down through the cracks in his helmet.

I was also surprised by the scream, which had more power than I could have imagined.

“I-i-inooom! How dare you try to mock me with such wicked means!”

Wow!

With a shout, the golden armor shone dazzlingly.

“Die!”

The sword he swung with sudden normal movement drew a straight path toward the top of his head.

“Ugh!”

I twisted my head desperately, but I couldn’t avoid the sword being stuck in my shoulder.

“Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!”

The reason his entire shoulder wasn’t cut off by a sword that could easily split a wall was due to his unexpectedly bizarre snout.

Surprisingly, with its large, wide-open mouth and unruly teeth, it not only accepted the sword, but also chewed it with great force.

Although it couldn’t be completely blocked and blood continued to flow, it was acceptable.

“What on earth is this monstrous maw…!”

“I don’t know, you bastard!”

Ta-ta-tang! Taaaang!

I tried to get up, firing my gun to no avail, but Hinds didn’t just sit there and watch.

“Then I’ll cut off your head!”

“nice…!”

It was so fast that a black afterimage of Hinds using all his might remained.

Am I going to die like this again?

With time feeling extremely slow, I had no choice but to look at the approaching sword. I gritted my teeth and prepared for the pain.

At that time, all the flames gathered in the Mirror of Resentment died out.

It was as if I had been suddenly consumed or sucked into something.

Puchaaa!

“hmm!?”

Hinds’ body suddenly stiffened.

It wasn’t clear because he was covered in armor, but just by looking at the blood flowing from his shoulder, I could tell what had happened.

“Uuuu…!

For a moment, I felt energized by the hope that I could survive.

However, surprisingly, he swung his sword without shaking, even though his shoulders must have been deeply split.

Am I going to die after all…!

Chakara lalarak!!

“What!?”

“Humanity, annihilation.”

lived

I don’t know what it is, but a blood-covered square-headed robot stuck a chainsaw in the middle of the sword attack’s trajectory and saved my life!

For a moment, I feel completely lost as I go back and forth between death and life.

“This is… a robot that destroys humanity!? Why in a place like this…!”

“Humanity, annihilation.”

It was a robot with a square head, square body, and square legs and feet, and had a design similar to that of an old-fashioned toy, but Hinds was startled and took a step back.

“Humanity, annihilation.”

The robot’s square lens looks at me.

Beep beep! Bibi Big!

“Humanity, annihilation.”

The guy turned his head and looked at Hinds as if he was not interested in me.

“What…! You! You weren’t human!”

“…First of all, I’m a human.”

It didn’t seem like a bad direction to me, so I put aside my absurd feelings and carefully got up.

“Humanity, annihilation.”

Clap, clap, clap! Crunch!

The robot pulled out a bunch of unknown weapons, including chainsaws, knives, and guns, from its arms, legs, and body and aimed them at Hinds.

Giiing! Tukwakwakwak!

“Ugh…!”

With sparks flying brilliantly, an unexpectedly fierce battle began.