episode_0294

[Competition against the noisy team. Ace is number 8.]

[The goal of the match is hunting. Find surviving collectibles in the frigid land and obtain their essence. The value of the essence increases the rarer it is.]

[Time limit is 1 hour. Let the count begin. 5..4..]

“Haa..”

“It’s cold.. I need to take out some clothes and put them on.”

White breath blew from his mouth.

[beep..! The game begins.]

Due to the snow and ice visible everywhere, the team members all took out fur clothes through the summoning app and wore them.

Likewise, I took out the padding I bought at a department store in the zombie world and put it on.

Of course, it looked a little strange because I was trying to wear it as if I was wearing a coat.

“We will optimize it for you.”

“Optimization?”

“Yes. We have optimized reform information for uniforms.”

Aphrodite saw my dissatisfied expression and immediately reacted and reformed me with a coat and padding.

“Oh.. It’s warm and easy to move around.”

“Are you satisfied?”

“Yes, it is only Aphrodite.”

When touched by her, it was recreated into a new object as if touched by God.

It’s comfortable and warm, but the most important thing is that it’s spicy.

I like it.

After paying attention to keeping warm, we each looked around.

“Where should I go?”

“To collect rare animals and plants, we each have to look around.”

“If you go alone, you may be attacked by the enemy team.”

“There might be a trap or something in this area.”

Since the team members were platinum level, each person had a different perspective.

Because of that, I was able to pay attention to many aspects.

It seemed like this was the big data I had only heard about.

Even without me having to move, they found problems and suggested solutions and opinions.

“It seems better to move as a group of two..”

“I don’t mind being alone. Because he is the ace of this team.”

“Angel. Don’t show off.”

“You still don’t have the eyes to doubt my strength.”

Of course, there were some team members who were unhappy because someone rejected their opinion.

“Angel, you are just unlucky, so do whatever you want. I’m sticking here.”

One of the three beautiful women came towards me.

She was the number 9 woman, minus her looks and minus her personality.

She was the first to tell me I was a pervert.

But she came closer to me first and tried to move with me. That behavior was strange.

“Wait a minute.. I’m the weakest.. so I’ll take number 33.”

“Hey number 13. Are you weak? Don’t be ridiculous. Our team is all at the same platinum level.”

Suddenly numbers 9 and 13 came together.

The team suddenly began to split at the word of splitting into groups of two.

“…I also want to go with number 33…”

“Number 27.. including you?”

The Three Beautiful Women, whom I had seen for the first time, glared at each other and began to fight.

“I’m not here to vote on popularity. 55 minutes. Let’s leave quickly!”

The angel Convo, who was watching this, let out a loud noise.

The Three Beautiful Women seemed to have opened their eyes again due to his actions and turned around, looking away from each other.

“I also like being alone. Ace Convo and I travel alone.”

“Good opinion. Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

Convo and I looked in opposite directions and moved.

“Hmph…”

“…Tch.. I’m so unlucky.. That’s right! Let’s each go!”

“….”

The Three Beautiful Women were abandoned on the spot, and soon the Three Beautiful Women began to disperse individually.

The unlucky team went back to when it was first formed.

***

As soon as I parted ways with my teammates, I looked at Aphrodite.

“Aphrodite. Can you tell me where the rare collectibles are?”

“Of course. Just like when you met the Blood Queen in Gray Forest, you can track her.”

“Of course, there is only Aphrodite.”

Aphrodite launched a small satellite device into the sky.

“A wave of lifeforms of class B level has been detected. If you approach about 200 steps straight ahead, you will see it.”

I nodded to Aphrodite’s words and approached.

“Found it.”

Just as Aphrodite had said, there was life.

It had the head of a hammerhead shark, but the body of a penguin, and was walking on the ice.

“Uggya gya gya..”

“It’s a strange animal.”

“W-363 Living organism. The intelligent beings living on this planet call themselves Croquiers. Your strength and agility will be stronger than that of a troll.”

“It’s easy enough to be a troll.”

I ran to the first hammerhead penguin I encountered and immediately subdued it.

[Number 1146. Obtain 30 essence points.]

[This creature was first discovered by an unlucky team. First Collection. The initial acquisition amount is doubled.]

[Returning team: 60 points]

[Noisy Team: 0 points]

“Aha. It’s like this. Then… there is no need for each team to be taken away by the enemy team like during the Golden Apple. It’s a format where points are accumulated right away.”

“I see.. I think the variable is in the system called initial acquisition amount. So, if you move faster than the enemy team, you will be able to create a larger gap.”

“Good. Aphrodite. Where is next!”

“Left. I can feel life inside the eyes.”

“In your eyes.. Hyeonmu.”

“Ooooh… I am the spirit of the earth. Cheongryong will be more helpful than me in the snow.”

“Okay. Blue dragon!”

“Yes!”

“Because it has to go into the snow. It’s a combination!”

“Ah! coalescence!? You’re just losing my body!”

“Same thing. Come to work quickly!”

I snatched the blue dragon’s body and burrowed into the snow.

I caught a mole-like guy hiding inside.

[First Collection. Repeating team: 120 points]

[Noisy Team: 70 points]

“Good. If we keep going like this, we will win easily.”

It felt like I was increasing the score on my own… but it had already been the same for the past two games.

Rather than expecting what my team members would do, I decided to solve the problem on my own.

‘Okay… I’ll end the game with my own hands this time too!’

It was moving like crazy.

[Returning team: 200 points]

[Noisy Team: 100 points]

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[Returning team: 250 points]

[Noisy Team: 120 points]

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[Returning team: 310 points]

[Noisy Team: 160 points]

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[Returning team: 370 points]

[Noisy Team: 230 points]

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“The enemy team is also following along well.”

“After checking… there are a lot of users who are assumed to be the enemy team’s ace. The moving speed is 1.5 times faster than ours.”

“Oh.. He’s faster than me as a spirit.. I guess I should hurry.”

“There is a better way than that.”

“What is it?”

“Ignore grade C and B creatures and collect only grade A or higher.”

“You mean it’s better to just leave the little things to your teammates?”

“Yes, that’s right. In addition, if we occupy the A-grade collectibles first, we can check the enemy team’s score increase significantly.”

“Aha.. I lose as little as I gain.. I like it. Then, on my way to see the A-grade collections, I’ll only take C- and B-grades and ignore the rest.”

“That’s a good decision. Park Ja-geun.”

I experienced in Negrol how important it is to plan your jungle movement.

So Aphrodite calculated and showed me an efficient route that would save time.

“The distance to the collection is approximately 1000 steps.”

“Good. Let’s go straight to collect Grade A.”

It moved right away.

As we moved, the score gap grew closer and closer and we eventually caught up.

[Returning team: 390 points]

[Noisy Team: 430 points]

“It was a reversal..”

“If you obtain a collection of grade A or higher, the gap will widen again.”

“Okay… once we catch that monster, we’ll turn the tables again, right?”

“Yes.”

-Wheee.. Bang.. Bang..

A huge monster hanging on a glacier cliff.

Its eight white furry legs and body were in the shape of a bear, its mouth wide open, chewing something.

-Ododog..squeak..kwajik..kwajik..

This is the Class B hammerhead penguin that I caught earlier.

The octopus bear was chewing the whole creature as if it were a cookie.

Although they say they don’t even touch the dog while eating, I had no choice but to overturn the dog’s table in order to advance to the next round.

“Fire.”

Seeing that the guy was concentrating on food, he started creating fireballs in the air one by one.

I believed that since I live in a cold area, my resistance to heat would be weak.

“Fireball shooting.”

-Too-doo-doo-doo!

Dozens of fireballs flew at the giant monster.

“enemy..?”

-pop!! Grrr!!

It was a monster that looked to the side while eating.

“Cooo!!!”

“As expected, it’s Grade A, so I’m holding on.”

“You have to be careful. If your resistance to flames is that high, it will be difficult to inflict damage with other attacks.”

“Okay.. then..”

-Crash.

It was then. The sound of bullets being loaded could be heard from behind.

and.

“Bread~”

-bang!!!!

“Kwaaaa…!”

An explosion bigger than my fire magic occurred.

A class A monster with its fur legs stuck in the middle of a glacier cliff falls to the bottom of the cliff.

When I looked back, I saw someone wearing a bodysuit with a black helmet holding a huge sniper rifle.

“A noisy team.”

“Then that team must be unlucky. Um… she has short black hair and her gender is male. Long coat, skin tone 34. It’s a bare hand that doesn’t hold a weapon. The title must be lewd number 33.”

I don’t know who he was, but he was a very talkative explainer.

He and I made eye contact and asked.

“That’s my prey.”

“I found it first at about 900m. Since the distance is close to our team’s starting formation, there is a 70% chance that I will find it first and close the distance. So, you are my prey. I wish they would just go back like this.”

‘Oh my.. rap..? ‘He speaks quickly and talks a lot.’

The first meeting with this guy was really noisy.

However, seeing as he came here aiming for A-grade collectibles like me, I thought he was similar to me in terms of skill.

“What should I do? Because collecting first has priority. I’ll take it first.”

“You want to try it now? Number 33. A person whose conditions do not include sex. The name Park Ja-geun, who blocked numbers 10 and 7 by himself!”

“….I know well.”

I answered him lightly and ran straight to the monster that had fallen down the cliff.

“I can’t let you collect it first. PX high temperature high explosive reload.”

-Ting~ Chuck..chuck..clack.

“The reaction of living organisms is weak. check. I can handle it with one shot with my Steyr. However, this is not possible at the current location. The reason why it is impossible is because you need to secure visibility. A snowstorm occurred at the same time as the fall. Ugh.. I have to chase after him!”

A lot of self-talk heard from behind.

The guy said to himself that he could just say it in his mind and moved.

‘It’s so noisy. Okay, you explain. I grab it and go somewhere else.’

That’s how I move forward.

-Sigh..!

“Huh..?”

In front of me, Myeolchung rode ahead on a strange bike.

“Energy usage of about 21% is enough to catch up to your speed of 54.6km/s. I’ll go first.”

-Seeing…!

“…I thought it was just noisy…”

“You are a skilled user. Park Ja-geun.”

This… I felt like this was someone I needed to show a little sincerity to.

“Okay.. Blue Dragon. It’s been a while since I’ve been in the spirit realm.”

“Yes!”

In the spirit state, Cheongryong’s power increased.

Cool and clean power spreading within the body.

As that pure energy grew, it began to become more dangerous than pure.

The power of the blue dragon spreads throughout the body.

That’s how my appearance began to gradually change.

“Hmm hehe..! It’s a new power. Spirit painting.. Spirit dragon fist.”

The outfit changed to look like armor with a water dragon pattern from the Eastern Continent, and the helmet also changed to resemble the battle armor of a warrior.

Looking at the whole body, it looked like something generals of an era would wear.

“Good. I also summon a vehicle!”

-Coooo!

A ship similar to the shape of a water dragon rose above the snow beneath my feet.

“Hmm..?”

The person wearing the body suit felt a shadow approaching from behind and raised his head up.

“Uh..huh!!? What is that icebreaker similar to the blue dragon..!!!”

“Hehehe… This is the true speed!!”

“Yay!”

The guy, who was filled with embarrassment, turned to the side and I lunged at the A-grade collectible at the bottom of the cliff as if headbutting it.

-thud!!!