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Frog in the Well (11) ― World Hell Dungeon ‘World Cinema’

In a normal, or worse, worst-case scenario where the cult leader was allowed even one more second, he would have been defeated without any disagreement.

He must have been destined to die without being able to resist after being toyed with by the cult leader’s skills.

I clearly felt the gap between myself and the religious leader that could not be bridged by any miracle.

so that-

“… … Won.”

I smiled brightly as the joy welled up deep inside my heart.

He defeated the unrivaled boss who could not be killed no matter what he did.

I attacked the boss mob called the One Mind Salvation Church leader.

“Ha—!”

I looked at the ceiling of the cinema and let out a sigh that was more refreshing than ever.

Even in his opinion, it was a very groundbreaking strategy.

Like Columbus’ egg, perhaps a very natural solution.

If it’s a boss that you can’t fight against, you don’t have to fight it.

If the boss is certain to be defeated, you can create a situation where there is no need to fight.

Move the boss from my chessboard to another chessboard.

‘Eureka—!’

Is there a clearer strategy than this?

It didn’t matter even if the boss opened his eyes blue and watched him on guard.

Eventually, the monster will step into the trap himself.

Even if it wasn’t today, even if the leader had returned to the castle.

Even if an inspiration with no history of carrying out a World Cinema theme had remained in the party—

He would have introduced other hell dungeons-

‘World Cinema’ would have remained the same.

And the leader-

Regardless of whether it’s the beginning or the end-

I guess I ended up setting foot in this dungeon.

The trapper does not control all of the prey’s movements.

I’m just throwing bait that they have no choice but to come this way.

When the cult leader was not interested in the item, I planned to encourage him to acquire the item by showing him his collection or a ‘rusty iron sword’ of which he clearly knew the value, but-

Rather, it was revealed that it was a sacred object or something, and an opportunity for a genius was created.

No matter what, in the end – since he had designated the One Mind Salvation Church as his target – the end was sure to come.

Trap – plod –

The sound of footsteps slowly approaching from behind.

Seongju, who was enjoying victory, finally raised his head.

Trap – plod –

Kang San passed by him and carefully pulled the newly created door in the lobby.

Good!

Kang San winked at Seongju at the open door and spoke in a low tone.

“Let’s go in.”

“Ah— Mr. Kang San! Thank you so much for your hard work! You did a great job! You know that we play the role of a kind of good cop and bad cop, right?! Of course, Mr. Kang San was not a bad cop, but rather a very stupid and angry cop.”

“Let’s go in, Seongju.”

“Isn’t this the ace that carries the game?! Don’t you suddenly rush into the dungeon and suddenly ask seriously about returning? I mean, I had a really hard time!”

“Let’s go in.”

Kang San repeats the same words as if he had typed a message.

Seeing Kang San like that, Seongju frowned and asked back.

“Where?”

“here. ‘Han Gu-won’ is the official.”

Kang San’s chin gestured to the newly vivid ‘Hangoowon’ pavilion.

Seongju, who followed Kangsan’s gaze, frowned deeper and waved his hand.

“Who asks that because they don’t know?! Didn’t you see those creepy eyes just now? If the cult leader comes out, we are dead!”

“Keep your promise.”

“Ha- Really. Kang San, you also know this theme well because you have done it. There is no penalty if that regression fails. Don’t you and I move our arms and legs like this?! But will the cult leader who was attacked by us leave us alone while we were watching the cult at the theater?! Tear your limbs apart?!”

“Keep your promise.”

“Our promise extends to incorporating the cult into the ‘World Cinema’ theme. I won’t disturb your viewing, so stop repeating yourself like a robot.”

Seongju waved his arm towards Kangsan with an expression of disgust.

“Our promise was to cooperate until we find out the true intentions of the cult leader.”

“Cooperation is nonsense. The only thing I did was to chase after Mr. Kang-san, who was pooping. What are you talking about?”

“You gathered information while watching my past.”

“Ah, so- Isn’t that the merit that saved you like this?”

Black eyes filled with anger, as if annoyed.

Kang San, who was looking into those eyes, quietly shook his head.

“It’s not that they’re saving it, it’s that they can’t kill it. You used up all your mana.”

“… … Haha.”

It’s really annoying like a leech.

“Are you really crazy? If the cult leader comes out, we will all die! Now, will the leader come out first, or will I destroy the Salvation Church first? I’m in a time attack!”

“Keep your promises. You must join me in understanding the true feelings of the cult leader.”

“Really- All people from the Salvation Church are crazy people.”

“I am not from Salvation Church.”

“Does that matter?!”

“So—”

Kang San made eye contact with Seongju as he closed the half-open door of Han Guwon Hall again.

“Are you saying you won’t keep your promise to me?”

“No, if we keep it, we will die?!”

Kang San no longer opened his mouth.

I just quietly took out the spear from my inventory.

Seongju, who was watching this, let out a laugh.

“If you think about it, it was the father who gave birth to Kang San, so this is a very heartbreaking scene.”

“I know you haven’t recovered your mana yet.”

“Yes. So—”

Do you think I will lose to you?

Kang San shook his head in response to the question that quietly echoed throughout the cinema.

“We need a witness to see what kind of person Han Gu-won is, not the religious leader.”

“There is no such thing as an unfilial child, to hold out a large spear, let alone a toothpick, to your father after he finished hunting just for that reason.”

Seongju tilts his head with a relaxed smile and gazes at Kangsan.

“Yes. It’s okay to be angry about the broken promise, but are you really okay with that?”

He whispered like a snake to Kang San, who was glaring at Seongju without any disturbance.

“It’s okay to be rude to your father, but what about our precious younger sister, Mr. Kang San?”

“… … .”

“Or what about your precious childhood friend who has been with you since childhood?”

An emotional turmoil that can never be hidden.

Seongju calmly looked down at the commotion and continued.

“Mr. Kang San, didn’t you also hear from your senior adventurers? This is what happened when I entered this dungeon without knowing anything. Of course, the senior adventurers know that I temporarily took away their abilities, but you know Kang San, who knows everything, right?”

“… … .”

“A world where main power disappears naturally goes into shutdown. So, what will happen to your precious people inside that yellow shield that you thought was safer than anywhere else in the world?”

“… … Pfft!”

In the end, Kang San lets out a deep breath, showing his emotional turmoil.

The guy held onto the trembling spear pole tightly, as if he was going to crush it.

However, Seongju smiled brighter and pointed to the back of the cinema.

“Run, Gangsan.”

As always, to protect my family.

Run away again.

Kangsan’s eyes tremble as if there is an earthquake.

In the end – Kang San, who put the spear he had taken out back into his temporary inventory, started to leave the cinema with blood spraying out thanks to his tightly clenched lips.

Seongju looked at Kangsan’s back and muttered.

“… … Asshole.”

The head of the cult and that Gangsan suffered only one defeat.

The gap between those who come to the battlefield and play house is a problem.

The moment you step onto the chessboard, the pawn is not someone’s son or someone’s lover, but just a pawn.

In order to win, there are times when you have to throw the pawn and capture the opponent’s knight.

A coward who is unable to make such cold calculations and is afraid of losing what is precious to him.

How can people like that become main characters?

Of course, he was exaggerating, but that wasn’t the only cause of the cult leader’s failure.

Of course not.

I worked so hard for this trap.

The religious leader continued to raise opinions that would be opposed, giving him a sense of psychological superiority.

Like a tree frog, he refuses the invitation to the castle he has prepared and the castle’s return, giving comfort and the illusion of superiority –

He made the cult leader, who was constantly on guard, show a suspicious side and maintain that guard.

The constant vigilance that follows a mindless self soon causes extreme stress –

This comes back as a reaction to relieve stress.

However, everything that would relieve the leader’s stress was put away to keep me on guard.

Of course, I’m the only one who can partially relieve that stress.

The silent Gangsan and the traitorous Yeonggam cannot relieve stress.

The contradiction of unintentionally relying on one’s better self.

This is not because Han Gu-won is weak.

This is a double and triple trap that we as humans can never avoid.

The monster’s only weakness is that it cannot help but feel psychological pressure.

That means he was human.

“Then why do you want to go from being a god to becoming a human again, leader?”

Seongju recalled the conversation between the religious leader and the chieftain in the beginning.

He smiled as he recalled the image of the religious leader who refrained from the force that had made him the number one and tried to achieve harmony for tomorrow.

Yes, in the end, all of this was possible because he gave tomorrow to the cult leader.

And – those who live tomorrow –

Just like in the famous movie –

“You should follow me who only lives for today.”

Future enemy, inevitable instant death?

What’s the use of it all?

Seongju sneered as he looked at the completely closed ‘Han Gu-won’ pavilion.

As I slowly left the cinema, I was immersed in the unending afterglow of victory.

Do you use it if you are afraid of variables and cannot make decisions easily?

The most important thing in strategy is decision and execution.

If you are afraid and say you can’t do this or that, you won’t be able to take a single step towards the boss.

Seongju actually believed in the person he identified as the religious leader and made a decision.

So, he implemented the strategy he had prepared.

A decision to completely remove the king from the chessboard.

Normally, the game would end when the king disappears,

“Reality is not a chessboard.”

[The location of Awakened Han Gu-won cannot be determined!]

[Large-scale event ‘Surrender’ is ending!]

[Awakened Lee Hye-seong proved the true intention of surrender to Awakened Han Gu-won.]

[congratulations.]

A system where the king disappears will pick a new king.

Bong-!

We toasted the updated system message with the mana recovery potion that seemed to overflow in our inventory.

Gulp- Gulp-

I enjoyed the warm sunlight, feeling my mana filling up again.

Kiiing—!

With mana rushing through the entire body, the strategy that had been paused is put into operation.

[Strategy (Lv.20) success!]

[You have completed the first strategy!]

[One. Drop the One Mind Salvation leader and vice-religion leader. (success!)]

okay. I dropped it so much that I couldn’t drop it further than this.

So far, the only adventurers who have failed to return are the ones who have failed, but guess what?

Will our great Lord of Salvation succeed in returning?

Then of course it doesn’t exist in this world.

Now that I think about it, I was the one who performed the miracle that the gods did in the novel, right?

Rather, shouldn’t the leader of the Salvation Church be thankful to me?

[The second strategy begins!]

Ssssseu!

A pencil suddenly created in the air moved busily and drew a map.

A strategy window depicting a woman floating in the air in a city that appears to be a district of Gangbuk.

Then draw a large X in that area.

As Seongju continued his journey back to the castle, he carefully looked at the picture drawn by Neongnyak.

Even if I continued to think just a little bit, I could immediately see where the area the strategy was drawing was.

‘About’

[2. Stop the occupation of Korea and the saint’s return to paradise!]

“Saint… … .”

Seongju muttered like that and kept his eyes on the woman drawn by Gyeongryak.

A woman in white clothes floating in the air.

“That woman must have something.”

They say that every three years of Seodanggae, they recite Pungwol-

As Seongju also continued its own strategy, it was possible to predict how the strategy’s guidelines would continue.

If the leader of the Salvation Sect succeeds in returning, thank you for that.

If you fail, you will have to be tied to that Hell Dungeon theme for at least one to two weeks.

In that sense, World’s first surprise attack is more important than anything else.

The One Mind Salvation Church is not even Bingdari hot pants –

Of course, if you are attacked, you will realize it quickly.

However, World could not stop the first surprise attack that advanced at high speed.

The advice was to set the target as Korea.

If you devour the Great War like that and stop that woman, who is a saint or something, from returning to paradise—

The system of the Salvation Church, with its leader gone, will soon collapse…

In our world, all we have to do is wipe them out at the right moment.

Moreover, judging by what the Chief Jeongjeonga from the beginning said, he would not take a single step from his tribe—

Daehan and next, after eating Minguk, they eat the headquarters of the Salvation Church where the main system has been shut down.

Han Goo-won took the beloved figures hostage-

Returned after failing to return –

Attack the last boss, ‘Salvation Cult’, whose entire support base has been completely destroyed.

“Perfect―!”

match-!

Could there be a more perfect plan than this?

In that sense, he let Kang San live.

What will the pontoon master do when he realizes the danger?

If possible, it would be good if we gathered our strength and responded to me.

Then, you will be able to immediately take him hostage without wasting manpower chasing the pontoon leader who runs away like a rat.

Then, the auxiliary leader will become a valuable resource to be used when raiding a leader who unexpectedly and quickly failed to return.

Yeah, this wasn’t the time.

Now that I’ve had enough of winning, let’s go at full speed-

match-! match-! match-! match-!

Seongju, who was smiling, was startled and shook his head.

The loud applause just now wasn’t the sound of my own hands clapping.

[You are very cool! You are truly perfect—!]

A refreshing voice echoes through the electronic display board.

A man was continuously applauding the neutral power ‘broadcast’.

Round glasses that add an intellectual image to neat hair.

[Are you listening by any chance? Of course you’re listening! You are a perfect person who can’t help but admire you.]

A man with a very intellectual aura looked down and spoke.

[I wonder if I might say something wrong. I have been watching the broadcast of our Salvation Church for a while.]

hmm-

The man tilted his head as if thinking for a moment and smiled brightly.

[It was truly amazing and disgusting. Just like when you see a cult hanging ‘Jesus Heaven, Hell of Disbelief’ on the subway, or like Jesus seeing the Jews who exchanged themselves for prisoners and had them hang on the cross.]

[There was no tomorrow for you who spoke of happiness and salvation as if it were a drug. There is no solution to a world struggling in pain. You whisper salvation, but the final remedy to save the world is circulation.]

match-!

The man clapped lightly and spread his arms wide.

[In that sense, I would like to ask our believers who suffer from ignorance. No, our great Salvation Church leader should also listen to this!]

[Who do you think silently walked the path of asceticism while you reigned in Seoul, pretending to be a god?]

[When you become polluted by the secular world like a king, it is not Seoul – Ah, I hesitate because it seems like a bit of a philistine, but I have no choice in order to enlighten our ignorant believers.]

[Salvation leader.]

The man continued speaking with a grin as if he was looking down at the leader of the Salvation Church.

[Do you know how much the total population of Korea would be if you subtract the population of Seoul?]

[Ah – Of course, it’s a mess because of the believers who unfortunately didn’t circulate and the new friends who joined – Umm-]

The man who was moving his fingers around as if he was putting on a play—!

He put his hands together and shrugged his shoulders.

[Actually, I didn’t count either.]

Tiring—!

A notification sound rang out to Seongju, who was quietly looking up at the broadcast.

Kiiing—!

The strategy was restarted with mana appearing automatically.

[You have witnessed a new variable.]

[The second strategy is exploring the optimal route… … .]

[…] … .]

The hourglass drawn with a pencil moves up and down repeatedly, as if to show the continuation of the search.

Even at that moment, the man who suddenly appeared on the broadcast just smiled very leisurely.

The man slowly put his face towards the electronic display board and gave a tearful smile.

[You have to count that.]

Kkkk!

As soon as the man finished speaking, a howling shook the whole place.

The head of Seongju busily looked in all directions.

The howling of zombies seems to echo throughout Seoul, not just in one direction.

Doo doo doo doo doo!

[The strategy has been updated!]

Seongju, who was looking down at the world where the ground suddenly shook, hurriedly raised his head.

And I just watched the strategy very quietly.

[2. Survive.]

I stared at the first strategy I encountered with trembling eyes.

The man with a tearful smile looked down at the shaking Seoul and whispered.

[You cocky little frog.]

frog in the well

END.